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Posted in Photos on May 30th, 2008
Blog update: I’ve added a slide show of recent photos to the blog. If you’re an email subscriber, you’ll find it on the main blog page here. Click the tab at the top of the page that says PHOTOS. As the page loads, you’ll start to see the slide show. Place [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, video on May 28th, 2008
Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are needing to tell their stories to deal with the trauma. It’s the story that no one wants to hear, but the hard and painful truth is that war is hell for everyone. A recent conference allowed returnees to tell their stories, and America needs to listen [...]
Posted in People, Random Thoughts on May 26th, 2008
A boy stands in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park May 23, 2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. FEMA federal trailer parks that house many Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close May 31, prompting fears that people will be forced into residences they can’t afford or will be left homeless. Most residents will receive a [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts on May 10th, 2008
If you can handle the heights, this video is amazing, but I had to grip my chair to watch it.
Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an approach to Makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro, in Andalusia, Spain.
Posted in Inspiration, People, Random Thoughts on May 7th, 2008
It’s a horrible word and a horrific act. Rape is violence, without a doubt, and yet it is confusing to those of us who have never had to deal with it or its after effects. Confusing because the violence is sexual in nature and, in my mind anyway, violence and sex are polar [...]