For now, each of my posts will be two-parters, divided between “Watching the World” (politics/history-in Words) and “Living the World” (travel, family/friends-mostly in Pictures). Sometimes the juxtaposition will be jarring. This...
Watching the World: Being a news junkie, but finding it unbearable to read only US sources, even the best of them, I’ve compiled a list of international news media—trustworthy, intelligent, as...
By Manila time both Scott and I were running out of steam. I kept making plans for the last few days that involved getting out of town, finally realizing there were...
Siem Reap didn’t have the heavy presence of the Khmer Rouge so it was easier to forget how brutal any powerful ruling entity from the “boss” of a family to the...
Please view these next three posts on a laptop or computer…photos deserve more than your phone. My February time in Cambodia and the Philippines seems so very long ago and far...
January/February 2025. The Tropics. Great place to spend some winter…even if you’re from a too-sunny/warm climate already. Palm trees, blue skies and lots of ocean, mangoes, genocide museums, skyscrapers, lots of...
Once upon a time…in a lush island kingdom far far away, a princess married her prince, and with their cheering subjects’ approval and the encouragement of a herd of barking seals,...
We are the lucky ones. How often do you hear old people say that? But hey, it’s all in the timing, isn’t it? We had the good fortune to live our...
Everybody knows that the dice are loadedEverybody rolls with their fingers crossedEverybody knows the war is overEverybody knows the good guys lostEverybody knows the fight was fixedThe poor stay poor, the...