File puptcrit/puptcrit.0812, message 401


Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:31:57 -0800
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: The Independent Eye <eye-AT-independenteye.org>
Subject: [Puptcrit] road comforts


Nice topic -

	I take a supply of little candles and a red glass votive 
holder, for a warm flicker after turning off the disastrous 
fluorescent light.  I bring incense and break little charcoal tabs 
into nuggets to make them burn very briefly (so as not to set off the 
smoke detector).  I have favorite music stashed away in a very small 
portable (no iPod for my budget, but there are other options), with 
little headphones - helps a lot with noisy neighbors, too.
	Then there are the small creature comforts of taste.  I get a 
big kick out of a nibble of candied ginger and another nibble of dark 
chocolate, and then maybe followed by a sip of Jameson whiskey in my 
little brass cup.
	Warmth and snuggling is big in my book, so I have my 
treasured garment, a species of poncho I made out of a very soft fine 
wool doubleknit and lined with silk - it folds up to about the size 
of a burrito, and feels lavish.
	When I travel to Europe I have to carry everything I have at 
all times, so I'm ruthless about packing small.  Nevertheless, I've 
found the way to carry these little pleasure-sparks, and I have truly 
found them wonderful.

	Elizabeth Fuller


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