Friday, January 1, 2016

Travels, Trolls, & Tropes

Why a new blog?   One reason is to get the ‘2’ out of my blog’s web address.  Someone else had claimed dreamtreks so I had to use a ‘2’—which I wasn’t happy about.  The web address for this blog reveals the name of the real blogger behind dreamtreks2 who is unique enough (at least her real name is) to earn her own web address.

The new title for this blog should give subscribers a better (if less dreamy) idea about what the blog is going to cover.  I have to admit the 3Ts make an odd concoction.

Travels form the theme for this blog—travels around the world and travels into reason and my imagination.  We go to some unusual places because my husband is a wildlife photographer.  These excursions often prove to be difficult for me to manage for health reasons—yet I have a strong wanderlust that refuses to stay put.  I’m planning to write about our travels even if all I’m allowed to do is sit and watch others “work.”

Trolls?  Trolls represent Guardians-at-the-Gate as described in Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces.    Trolls try to prevent my adventures and misadventures.  They create obstacles and problems that I will strive to circumvent or solve during those travels.

Tropes are the brushes I’ll use to paint word pictures so you can see and feel what has happened.  Those images will appear in my essays, poems, and stories based on our travels.

These are rather high expectations, I must admit.  Any help—any comments, criticisms, or suggestions—from you would be appreciated.

Let me welcome you to this blog.  Above all else, my goals are for you to enjoy it.


HAPPY NEW YEAR!


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