"Its like an intergalactic spear!" enthused London's colorful mayor, Boris Johnson, as he cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony in February. To most Londoners it is The Shard. Soaring 87 stories above the city, its angular crown reaching skywards. Clad with 11,000 glass panels, enough to cover to cover 8 soccer fields, it gleams on sunny days. On … [Read more...]
It’s a Boy! A Personal View as London Celebrates
It's a boy! It was the news we had been waiting for all day. I was at Caraffini, a favorite hangout in London's Chelsea, when a woman at the next table checked her smart phone. For me dinner was over. I grabbed my camera and headed, like thousands of others, to Buckingham Palace. As I crossed St. James's Park helicopters hovered … [Read more...]
Girl Rising: Spotlight on Kenya
"I want to be a doctor, I want to be a nurse, I want to be an airline pilot." I am in a classroom at Kilimani in Northern Kenya. The rows of wooden desks are orderly and the children neatly dressed in red and blue uniforms. They have just finished singing a song to welcome me. They are happy, smiling. When I ask them what they want to be when … [Read more...]
The Ancient Silk Road in Spring
Spring is in the air along the Ancient Silk Road. When I set out in April 2010 my journey and spring unfolded together like a magical patchwork quilt. Snows were receding from the high Central Asian steppe. Newborn yaks were attempting first ungainly steps. In the Ferghana Valley mulberry leaves were being gathered to feed a hungry new crop of … [Read more...]
Awakened and On The March
When I stood in the vast hangar-like museum at Xian and gazed at the life-sized army of marching men, horses and chariots I understood why some call the Terracotta Warrior site the 8th wonder of the world. They march in silence. Generals, lieutenants, cavalry, foot-soldiers, archers, horses and chariots, enigmatic emissaries for their emperor … [Read more...]
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