{"id":423,"date":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html"},"modified":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-12T12:00:00","slug":"what-im-taking-along-on-vacati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html","title":{"rendered":"What I’m Taking Along on Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

* <\/strong>Biodegradeable sunscreen. (Mr. C. is actually worried I will think of nothing but skin cancer as I vacation with the whole Chattering family on the U.S. Virgin Islands this week.)<\/p>\n

* <\/strong>Yoga clothes. The hotel wisely boasts of classes.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> A good looking hat.<\/p>\n

* <\/strong> A small travel umbrella. It’s hurricane season down there. <\/p>\n

* <\/strong>K-Mart flip-flops with a bright blue chrysanthemum blossom at the toe.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> “Rudolf Steiner: An Illustrated Biography”<\/a> by Johannes Hemleben. (Rudolf Steiner was a turn-of-the-century philosopher and mystic whose thoughts on education, farming, religion, and death, inspire me. I’ve never read a biography of him.) <\/p>\n

* <\/strong> “Scriabin: A Biography”<\/a> by Faubion Bowers. (Alexander Scriabin was a turn-of-the-century composer and Theosophist. I’ve been half wondering if I’m a Theosophist<\/a>–someone who feels that all of the world’s great religious have validity, and that though current events seem dire, they are intelligently moving forward toward the good.)<\/p>\n

* <\/strong> A flamboyantly red petticoat (very fluffy!) purchased at a flea market for $15 Saturday. How did it<\/em> know I’d<\/em> be there? It is good Feng Shui, divine, and kicky flaming out from under my calf-length black skirt.<\/p>\n

* <\/strong>A big glass bottle of Floradix<\/a>, an easily-digestible liquid iron supplement. But should I risk breakage by packing it? Or fear airport security take it from me? Note to CM reader Fatima Kahn: Yes, I’m going to a doctor who will lead me to an anemia specialist when I return to New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

* <\/strong>Sketch books, and a set of British watercolour pencils. I’m excited that my two sweet sons are now old enough to really paint on the beach with me. <\/p>\n

* <\/strong> Snorkle gear, two swim suits, a map of coral reefs.<\/p>\n

* <\/strong>A desire to come back to my blog, and its readers, well rested and all fired up!<\/p>\n

In my absence, enjoy the thoughts and musings of Valerie Reiss, Beliefnet.com’s uniquely talented spirituality producer. Blessings to you!<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Biodegradeable sunscreen. (Mr. C. is actually worried I will think of nothing but skin cancer as I vacation with the whole Chattering family on the U.S. Virgin Islands this week.) * Yoga clothes. The hotel wisely boasts of classes. * A good looking hat. * A small travel umbrella. It’s hurricane season down there.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat I'm Taking Along on Vacation - Chattering Mind<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What I'm Taking Along on Vacation - Chattering Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"* Biodegradeable sunscreen. (Mr. C. is actually worried I will think of nothing but skin cancer as I vacation with the whole Chattering family on the U.S. Virgin Islands this week.) * Yoga clothes. The hotel wisely boasts of classes. * A good looking hat. * A small travel umbrella. It’s hurricane season down there.…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chattering Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-06-12T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"chattering mind\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What I'm Taking Along on Vacation - Chattering Mind","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What I'm Taking Along on Vacation - Chattering Mind","og_description":"* Biodegradeable sunscreen. (Mr. C. is actually worried I will think of nothing but skin cancer as I vacation with the whole Chattering family on the U.S. Virgin Islands this week.) * Yoga clothes. The hotel wisely boasts of classes. * A good looking hat. * A small travel umbrella. It’s hurricane season down there.…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html","og_site_name":"Chattering Mind","article_published_time":"2006-06-12T12:00:00+00:00","author":"chattering mind","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html","name":"What I'm Taking Along on Vacation - Chattering Mind","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-06-12T12:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2006-06-12T12:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/#\/schema\/person\/8ac8611ed5893441997fe2f474a954b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/06\/what-im-taking-along-on-vacati.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What I’m Taking Along on Vacation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/","name":"Chattering Mind","description":"Amy Cunningham, Spirituality blog, Beliefnet Spiritual parenting blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/#\/schema\/person\/8ac8611ed5893441997fe2f474a954b5","name":"chattering mind","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"chattering mind"},"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/author\/chattering-mind"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}