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Laundry Day: Peten, Guatemala Between the archaeological sites celebrating ancient Mayan grandeur is the real world of modern-day rural Guatemala. I took a short diversion off the highway between Tikal, Guatemala and the Belize border, heading down a randomly chosen side road just to More...
Cuba (Part 3) Classic Cars Number 3 in a series. Many more to come. Among the quirky ramifications of the Cuban Revolution and the fifty-year trade embargo by the U.S. is the fact that about the only American cars you’ll see in Cuba More...
Tikal, Guatemala: A Glimpse of the Americas in 900 A.D. Some big piles of rocks in a Guatemalan jungle may change your thinking about "American" history. In the year 800 or so, Tikal was a city of nearly 100,000 Mayan people, set in the northeast part of what is now More...
Thoroughly Modern Miller (Outdoor Theatre, Houston TX) For the second year in a row, Olivia Reasoner was part of a big "HITS" production at Miller Outdoor Theatre. This year it was "Thoroughly Modern Millie" -- a real change of tempo from last year's production of "Ragtime." Again, the More...