Age Boldly: Let the body tell the story

Merhaba from Turkey!

Jeannie Ralston is on the tail end of a month on the road. First in Portugal with a NextTribe group, then the Azores. Then Spain. And now with another fabulous group of women in Turkey. After a few days in Istanbul, which included an impromptu dance party on a boat on the Bosphorous between Asia and Europe. Today she and the 14 NextTribers are in the surreal landscape of Cappadocia. Here she is looking out on the famous Love Valley. We bet you can figure out why it is called that.

Jeannie Edmunds has been in Greece for a few days advancing our trip there, which starts Saturday. Here she is with her friend Wendy Makkena in front of Athena’s olive tree at the Acropolis. Their daughters were in pre-k together and if any of you remember the movie “Sister Act”, Wendy played the shy nun, Sister Mary Robert. She hopes to come on a NextTribe trip some day after she finishes shooting her TV series “Bad Medicine.”

We hope you enjoy the articles this week!

This Week’s Reads

Passport Stamps are Nice. These are Better.

What are the best souvenirs? According to Dawn Janacek they are ones that will stay close by forever to remind you of your adventures,

And from the archives, bonding over body piercing.

Mother–Daughter Nose Piercing: How It Bonded Us and Liberated Me

When Nicole Johnson went along for her daughter’s nose piercing,something surprising happened, she decided to get one, too, and rediscovered a sense of freedom she hadn’t felt in a long time.