Random Past Posts
Paris 2012: Endless Louvre It started as a 12th Century fort, and became the royal residence and seat of the French monarchy until Louis XIV moved his throne and his wig collection out to Versailles in the 1680s. Since then, the Louvre has More...
Kiwi Springtime: Queenstown, New Zealand New Zealanders refer to themselves as "Kiwis." And of course most Americans are aware of the brown, furry fruit of the same name. But if you're tracing the original source of the term "kiwi," be aware that the chicken-sized bird came before that egg-sized More...
Cuba (Part 10) One Last Look Here's the last installment of pictures from my March trip to Cuba. The series started here. The trip offered lots of photographic variety -- including dancing showgirls, boxers in training, school kids, cigar moguls, classic cars, Havana street life and More...
Buddha on the Chindwin One of a series of posts from the Chindwin River in Burma (Myanmar). Those statues of a fat, laughing Chinese Buddha are no part of Theravada Buddhism in Burma. Summarizing Buddhist beliefs and practices is like trying to summarize More...