Travel obsession has pushed me to the fringes:
the jungles of Ecuador where less than a hundred people venture
each year, the beaches of the Canary Islands where I took my first
camel ride, impoverished cities in Haiti where mobs took to the
streets and banged on our locked van while we hid inside, and to
Canada where frostbite nearly claimed my feet. Whatever the conditions,
I yearn to travel. Like a two-year-old who has been tied to a car
seat for years and needs to stretch her legs, I’m so ready
to go.
Today I travel.
In life choices are but a closed window waiting
for an opening. When it comes to the journey, my only choice has
always been to nod in quick agreement. I can’t remember the
last time I turned down an invitation to anywhere. A cabin in the
mountains? Sure. My parent’s house? Ok. How about a few days
driving, then stay in a small hotel where we’ll listen to
a mountain stream? Why not!
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She writes. She travels. She whines
when cold. Feel free to delve into her obsession which
must be continuously fed: travel
addiction, photos posted here. Oh. And. Of course.
Her visual memory
stuff, which doctors claim is a Holly Winter original
condition, is outlined in various columns. To read
about the history that has shaped Holly into the unusual
bundle of part observer, part un-observer, click here-ish.
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Each day she finds new ways to cope with a condition
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no cure, a condition that keeps everything in her
life from looking familiar. Each day she works to
Live the Life of Holly with
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About
Visual Memory
Holly
is the only person diagnosed without a visual memory,
which is a condition where Holly can only see images
as long as she is looking at them.
The
moment she looks away, images are erased completely
from her brain. Doctors claim she is the only person
who suffers from (or enjoys?) this "Winter
Wonderland."
Holly
lives in Denver, Colorado.
A car accident has erased her visual
memory meaning she can't recall nouns (people,
places or things) unless she is looking directly
at them.
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