On the Road Again.....

I have been invited by the Lady of Riversleigh Manor to join a group of travelers on the Silk Road. First I need to climb the Faraway Tree (the portal to other worlds according to Enid Blyton's story of the same name). From the Tree I will enter Lemuria, the Land of Stones. Once there, I will meet a gypsy caravan that will take us on the Road to the House of the Rainbow Serpent.

Here is entry #1 of my travel journal.....

On the Road Again

I'm going on my first adventure! I have no idea what I'm supposed to do, but I'm going to hit the road at dawn. I'm headed towards the Faraway Tree. I'm a bit baffled by this tree since neither my library and my bookstore can provide me with the book that tells about it -- it's out of print. So I will have to take the Sybil's word that climbing the tree will get me to where I am supposed to be. I'm taking my backpack with plenty of bottles of cold, sweet spring water, chocolate and marshmallows for making 'Smores, a copy of D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, my sasparilla walking stick and lots of clean Gypsy underwear (magenta silk and gold lame').

More to come..........

Lori Gloyd (c) April 18, 2006