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A Real SNOWMAGEDDON and the Beauty of It All

The prospect of a natural disaster is something of which the media feasts. A weather related event that can be predicted, anticipated, tracked and analyzed – can fill an entire programming period for days on end. Hurricanes and Typhoons used to be the only weather events named. In the 21st century all weather spectacles are now […] […]

Turkey, The Birds and Wine Country

Linda and I took a quick trip to The Russian River Valley and coastal regions of California to see family (brother Roger and sister in-law Lynette liver in Sonoma County) for Thanksgiving.  My brother Dave and sister in-law Brenda flew in from Kansas City to join the festivities.  The 776 mile trip each way […]

Bloodlands: Between a Rock & A Hard Place Would Be Considered A Luxury

What if you lived between two neighbors that hated each other to the greatest degree possible? And the only thing they hated more than each other was – you, your family members, friends, and relatives.

The Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder covers the topic (in excruciating and exacting detail) by discussing the Borderlands (otherwise known […]