Back to writing

I guess it’s obvious by now- I’m a little late in updating this blog. To be fair, I have been busy- busy working, busy traveling, and busy living life like I never have before. I had intended to write more about Kashmir, but not having had the time to do that to my satisfaction, kept waiting until the right time. But I’ve decided it’s more important to me that I keep going with this then get hung up telling each story in perfect detail. After all, I’m here on behalf of a corporation, not as a writer, so what does it matter if I have a few hackneyed phrases scattered about?

Time for my last update on Kashmir. It’s hard to capture all the little things you see and feel that define a place. All the moments I had there which come to mind, that together constitute a trip that doesn’t feel possible to only have been three days long. To hurry them down onto a piece of paper (or should I say a computer screen) would be a disservice to them. Those memories I’d rather keep in my mind how they were, than read them one day and think “Oh, was that all there was to it?” There are too many things I want to remember how they are… locking eyes through my car window with passersby who were as curious about me as I was about them; laughing with two young women in traditional headscarves as we shared a cab in the icy mountains, as our driver attempted to dislodge us from a snowdrift.

So if you want to know more about my experiences in Kashmir, you’ll just have to ask me. Besides what will I have to talk about when I get home, if it’s already laid out on here?