Most Endangered... Seeing orangutans in their own habitat was a thrill. Swinging across the jungle canopy in family groups, babies clinging to mother's bellies. They are endangered due to poaching and destruction of habitat. In September I traveled by klotok, local boat, four hours along the Sekonyer River into central Borneo's jungle. … [Read more...]
John Dolan and the Dog who Transformed his Life
John Dolan was once homeless, down and out. That was before he and his dog George found one another. Times have changed. He recently had a successful one man exhibit at London's Howard Griffin Gallery, his book, John and George: The Dog Who changed My Life, is being published by Random House and he is preparing for an exhibition of his work in Los … [Read more...]
Recollections of D-Day
"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...]
Monument Valley: A Wrong Turn and a New World
Monument Valley was not on the schedule. It was the day before Thanksgiving and we were headed south towards the Arizona border. When the GPS died we took a wrong turn and found ourselves on a two-lane highway in a valley from another world. A place where towering russet sandstone buttes silently stood sentinel. An early … [Read more...]
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