Arlington National Cemetery is a car ride or a subway ride from Washington DC. It is across the Potomac River from DC. A National Cemetery since 1864, its original purpose was to provide a decent burial for soldiers whose families…
Yearly Archives: 2023
Chitwan National Park
Nepal. Each year at Chitwan National Park, there is a 10-day interval during which villagers can enter the National Park and cut elephant grass, pick mushrooms, and otherwise take advantage of its natural resources from which they are barred during…
Posted in World Glimpses
Kenyan Characters
If I were to say who came out to play, You may not believe what I have to say. On the day in question, I was out of my league. Goosebumps told me their sangfroid covered intrigue. To be in a place,…
Posted in Wildlife
Malappuram
India. From travels in the State of Kerala in Southern India… In Malappuram, there are temples carved from single huge stones. In one huge (100×50 foot) relief carved into a natural rock wall were intricate scenes of battle, triumph, torment,…
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Mao Mutations
Reflecting on Chairman Mao Zedung, I can’t help but thinking of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ode to Ozymandias. In the early 1980s, many in the world watched reports on the trial of the Gang of Five (Mao supporters). In 2000…
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