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 …
NO PHOTO’S PLEASE ! Seek No Further – Guinea pigs, Shamans and the Supernatural. We are traveling to the hilltop Chullpas of Sillustani known for pre-Inkan circular funerary towers built of basalt and frozen in time. They are a product of arrested development, late in their building a group of explorers from Spain made landfall. …
Our first train ride took us to Augas Caliente. We were seated with students from Galudette University. When we were seated across from them we realized they were deaf. My wife had the presence of mind to sign to them a greeting and her name. They realized we spoke english and were from the U.S.A. …
The last day spent in Peru was the highlight. Our host invites us to his silver factory. This is the culmination of years of friendship. We have sold their silver jewelry in our store and now we are able to see where it is born! We find our way down the twisted streets of …
We leave Lima and catch a plane to Cusco. We will acclimate for a few days in this city of a million people. It is two miles high and at this elevation it will help us with our endurance in the coming days. A long awaited trek, to Ollantaytambo is up the roadway in the …