Leaving today for Morocco . . . follow along as I travel with three friends — on my adventure travel blog: www.travelingnuestas.weebly.com. 

I'll be back on May 3!

My trip to Morocco is nearing . . . 11-weeks away! While there I will turn 60, in Fez. During that time, too, the 8th Annual Sufi Cultural Festival will be taking place — music, trance dancing (Dhamal), poetry reading, and more. 

In preparation, I pull off my bookshelves poems by Jalaleddin Mohammed Balkhi (Rumi). A scholar and an artist, I first became acquainted with him in my 20s. Then later in my 50s, his love poems were brought to my attention. Their boundless images and precise articulation speaks directly to my heart. . .