I blink and eight years have past. I had the good fortune of creating a friendship with Alex Morales. You might remember Alex, He was the fellow that received national news in the U.S.A. when he fled Cuba on a wind surfboard, a death defying feat. At the age of twenty one he was the …
In Search Of The Elusive Great Northern Kiskadee! My interest in birding started at an early age. My cousin was filled with alarm and excitement when he identified a new species at the Blue Mounds State Park in South Western Minnesota. He willingly shared his enthusiasm by handing me his expensive binoculars. He pointed out …
From a small town in South Western Minnesota I take time for Thanksgiving. I thank the people of my community that strive to make our town a better place. I thank others that have shown up to fill the demographic void that was left by my grand parents, my parents and many others who have …
The world shrinks and seems smaller than ever as I visit with friends on the internet. They are from Morocco, France and the U.K. They are paying attention to Aung San Suu Kyi and her country of Myanmar, once known as Burma. She is no longer bound by military house arrest. She is speaking …
I live in a small town in South Western Minnesota it is a great anthropological laboratory. In my little community of 11,000 inhabitants, sixty different languages are spoken. I challenge you to find a wealth of diversity most any where else. I was born completely amazed with all that surrounds me and Worthington has not …
In the past decade there has been a 180 % jump in costermongering. Costermongers are showing up in communities all over the USA. It is purported that over 8,000 cities in the United States now have significant gatherings of these people. There seems to be little to stop them. This grass roots approach to commerce …
In the blink of a news cycle the world has become geographically familiar with Reunion Island. Airplane parts have drifted to the Reunion shoreline. That flotsam may have been part of the ill fated flight MH 370, a suspected highjacking. People pay attention to geography when things go good or when things go real bad. …
We kick back at the Blackbird Woodfire Pizza and enjoy an above average pizza and desert. We are exceedingly weary and prone to a bit of reflection. The street is being swept and cleaned as we look out the window and enjoy our meal. In no time at all, the tidiness of this city will …
The hood of the car would open and my high school buddies would look wide eyed as they peered into the engine compartment. They could not have been more in awe of this marvel of technology. I grew up in a town of four thousand and this was an event of significance. We had never …
Quite some time ago I got to attend a rather exclusive event called International Guitar Seminars. It was held in NYC at Columbia University. The founders of this seminar were well regarded in the field of music and guitar playing. One founder went on to be given the World Music Guitarist of the Year Award-by …