Caravanserai

Caravanserai. Heard this word in Hitch-22, by Christopher 

Hitchens. Sounded intriguing. Defined as a place of shelter and 

hospitality. Southern hospitality? Yep, I'm from the south. I just 

like how the word conjure's up images of traveling and tents and 

since I'm disabled, this is going to happen pretty much in my mind.

This blog got fuel from my local Independent Living Center's 

counselor asking me,  "What's your definition of independence?"  

What's an independent living center, you may ask? If you have a  

disability, you can find counselors (also with disabilities) to  

get support and ideas about  any problems you may be having. 

For instance, when I was thinking about going for a college degree.


"Injustice in the end produces independence"~Voltaire. Suffice it 

to say I needed to leave a marriage gone bad. After three years, I 

have a two year degree in Human Services as a Generalist. 

Reading and college got me out of a very miry place.  On the way, 

I traveled along a spectrum from very religious to being secular. I 

suspect it's somewhere on the scale before nihilist, and I don't plan 

on going there.


This will be a blog about my process. My memoir. I'll write about 

my interests like reading. I'll post about living with my disability, 

muscular dystrophy. I read somewhere there are about 200 

varieties. I happen to have FSHD. Faschio-scapular-humeral-

dystrophy. I was diagnosed about 15 yrs ago, have no clue to 

where I got this DNA. It must have skipped 3-4 generations. 

So, now I'm ready to pack up and get the Caravan moving again 'til 

next stop.