Hello to Everyone in Dizzyland (a kind of fog of the mind - read below and you will understand):
On Tuesday evening, Tomiyo and I are about to depart this veil of tears called 'Amerika' from Washington DC (or as the Southern States called the Northern States - 'Uppa U Ass'), for 4 months in southeast Asia. Believe it or not, after a number of snafus and trips into DC that had me tearing at my floppy mule ears, the Indian embassy must have taken pity on us cuz they awarded us 10-year, multiple-entry tourist visas! We are flying Qatar Airways (it's sorta like 'Guitar Airways' only they use 'ouds' instead of 'guitars' on the PA system to get people 'in the mood'), landing in New Delhi at 3:30 am. My Indian friend Mini Singh and his San Franciscan wife Lana Scott, tell us ...
The world’s attention turned to Haiti today as hundreds of thousands Haitians searched for loved ones in the aftermath of yesterday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the worst that country has seen in at least 200 years. With the epicenter striking just miles from the nation’s Port-au-Prince capital, the impoverished country’s government is devastatingly crippled and internal relief efforts are stymied at best.
Technology feeds, cell phone images, calls and emails reveal a ghastly scene. Hundreds of thousands of people are feared dead and the capital city has been reduced to rubble.
While today’s global technology allows for macabre voyeurism, it also enables an intensive and focused global effort of assistance. Facebook accounts were filled with ...
On Monday September 21st the Allegany College of Maryland’s student Peace Studies Club warmly invites you to observe the International Day of Peace. In 1981 the United Nations declared by resolution that the 21st of September would be the International Day of Peace.
The UN resolution: "Declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honor a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day...” The hope is that for this ONE DAY we could have peace on earth.
The students of the Peace Studies Club will be observing this day by holding a moment of silence by the college fountains at Noon and a nighttime candle light walk at the ...
In reading a novel, it has always seemed to be an added attraction if you are familiar with the locale in which the story is set. A book that I read recently and immensely enjoyed, call Netherlands by Joseph O'Neill, revolves around the game of cricket in New York City, but the beginning of the tale takes place in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan.
Given that Susan and I were in New York last week, it seemed to be an opportune moment to go there with our son's girlfriend, Sallie, who was attending a teachers' conference on creative writing for children. All three of us had read the above-mentioned book and considered it quite good, so why not take a jaunt over to W. 23rd St. and check out the place?
