Todd Traynor Articles
The Buddha’s Striptease #4Worries? We don’t need no STINKIN’ worries!
Almost Homeless
When we last saw our intrepid traveler, he was stranded in Tennant Creek (TC) awaiting a new engine in Eve, our 1987 Ford Falcon. We were towed back to TC on Tuesday night and original estimates were that it needed a new engine and it would take [...]
The Buddha’s StripteaseThe Buddha’s Striptease: Naked in Oz Tour 2001. Todd Traynor’s travelogue about
letting go of the A-type tendancies that make him attach high importance to …
Farewell to Yesterday’s Rain
Well we made it to Perth on rainy day. And my traveling companions from the Land of Sunshine (i.e. England, for the atmospherically challenged) were complaining.
Jon and Carina got an offer to stay with a woman in Perth who they met in Alice Springs. So we found out where the woman lived [...]
The Buddha’s Striptease #7Mr. Buddha Soaking Wet
One Tire in the Grave
“Come Here. Pretty Please.
Can you tell me where I am?
You… Won’t you say something?
I need to get my bearings.
I must. And the shadows keep on changing.
I’m Haunted…”
“Haunted” by Poe
Author’s suggestion: buy Poe’s Haunted. Great album, that is if you are into alternative rock. Best album I have listened [...]
The Buddha’s Striptease #6Mr. Buddha’s Addiction
Australian Reflections
““Walking round the room singing ‘Stormy Weather’
at 57 Mount Pleasant Street.
Well, it’s the same room but everything’s different;
You can find the sleep but not the dream.
Things ain’t cookin’ in my kitchen,
Strange affliction washes over me.”
“Weather With You” by Crowded House
I should really change that one word in the Crowded House song from [...]
The Buddha’s Striptease #11Well, okay, one more. Instead of leaving Oz, Todd decides to fly straight down instead.
The Buddha’s Striptease #12All things in moderation – including moderation. And travelogues. For Todd, this is it, before Mr. Buddha heads out of Oz.
The Buddha’s Striptease IntroAll about B-we mean, Todd.
The Buddha’s Striptease #10Todd swaps cars, and swaps the Outback for Adelaide and Melbourne, but his heart is still in the bush. He might stay, he might leave Oz, but no matter, no worries.
The Buddha’s Striptease #9Parting is such sweet sorrow. Even if it is from a bitch. Todd and Tony decide to divorce from the temperamental Eve.
