but is this traveling escape, or is it searching, or both? i too have traveled. i have not been in any one city or county for more than a couple years at a time. yes, i think of my travelling as one of my addictions, to distract me from "the work" . so, like every addiction, i find it doesn't satisfy me, then i'm back to ok, gotta do it - then the next distraction comes along. thanks for your words foosnik, i need the feedback. i've been feeling the dread malaise again, and listening to dw has given me new hope, again, i need that too. can't do this alone, and as everybody knows, nobody else can do it for me either.