Monday, October 29, 2012

THE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA, Millvale, Pennsylvania. Guest Post by Lester Scheaffer

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St. Nicholas Church, Millvale, PA with murals by Maxo Vanka Seventy-five years ago, Croatian artist Maximilian Vanka completed the mura...
Monday, October 22, 2012

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Montana: A Place to Renew Your Spirit

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Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana Recently, I came upon an article about Glacier National Park promoting it as a place to go ...
Monday, October 15, 2012

BERLIN and POTSDAM: Brandenburg Gate, Sans Souci, Marble Castle, October 1998

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Potsdam, San Souci, former summer palace of Frederick the Great (Entry from my London Diary, October 5, 1998)     Last night we returne...
Monday, October 8, 2012

FAIRFIELD, IOWA, Mailboxes and More: Guest Post by Barbara Siebenschuh

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"American Gothic" Mailbox, Fairfield, Iowa My friend Barbara Siebenschuh, classmate (Grinnell College) and roommate (Univers...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Easter Island's Giant Statues: How Did They Move Them?

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The first European visitor to Easter Island was a Dutch sea caption, Jacob Roggeveen, who landed on April 5, 1722.  In the tradition of h...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Australia's LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK: A Birdwatcher's Paradise

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View of Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia from O'Reilly's (April, 1999.  Excerpt from my Melbourne diary, written d...
Monday, September 17, 2012

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Queensland Museum, Koalas, and More

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Botanical Garden, Brisbane, Australia (April, 1999. Excerpt from my Melbourne diary, written during our three month stay in Australia.) ...
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