"Wave upon wave of heavy aircraft, have been flying over the house. Something important must be happening." So wrote my mother on the morning of June 6, 1944. She was in London with my two grandmothers, uncle and family dog. My father was on a troop-ship bound for Egypt. Neither of them knew his destination. Family Wartime History My mother's … [Read more...]
Is Flight MH370 Here….?
...Somewhere in the Steppes of Central Asia? Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan? The missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 can land on a long level surface, not necessarily tarmac. Latest leads are that it headed towards the Indian Ocean or Central Asia. If it went north to Central Asia there are so many flat areas for it to land. Yak pastures, … [Read more...]
An Ancient Way of Life is Almost Gone
For thousands of years nomads lived freely in Central Asia and the Steppes. Their lifestyle was surprisingly ordered. They would move with their flocks as conditions dictated, when pastures became overgrazed or seasons changed. Now their centuries-old way of life is almost gone, devastated by years of war and conflict. In the mid-seventies I … [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...]
Goodbye Doyle Drive
Its gone. That ugly, rickety, outdated road, snaking from the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco's Marina and downtown, is no more. Friday night industrial sized jackhammers and equipment used to clear the devastation after 9/11 got to work. Under arc lights and with hovering helios sections of the road were sliced and toppled like … [Read more...]
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