I was going to post some stuff about the Obama rally held by students today at Binghamton University, complete with pictures, but the turnout was lower than the Sunday event in downtown Binghamton, and the crummy indoor lighting meant my pictures suffered. I’ll try taking pictures of lines at the polls tomorrow (hoping there are […]
Children of Chad
The Children of Chad saw the dawn of the fourth day of fighting in and around, N’Djamena, the capital city of Chad. Chad is a republic in Central Africa, liberated from French rule in 1960, now ruled by Idriss Déby, an unpopular president besieged, at this writing, in the presidential palace. A coalition of three […]
Part 6: El Camino de Santiago
Camino – Day 7 Buenos Dias Los Amigos. Today’s stage took us from Logrono to Najera. The only thing about this journal that is the same as the usual missives is the title. Where other days have been fairly routine, especially yesterday when I found it hard to write about anything, today has been the most […]
Part 5: El Camino de Santiago
The Camino: Part 5 Torres del Rio , Los Arcos and on to Logrono. The road snaked through dry countryside, some parts flat and others rolling, occasionally steeply up and down. On the downhill sections my big toes were starting to get sore. The scene and the trail brought back pictures to my mind, reminding […]
Part 4: el Camino de Santiago
LARRY My first night was spent in a refugio or alberque, in Estella. When I signed in I was reminded of an old Bogart movie, the smoky back room at a pool hall or some places I’d frequented that were less than the best places to be. James had told me to mess up my […]
: Part 2 el Camino de Santiago
JAMES Camino – Day 3 Buenos dias amigos! Today’s stage took us from the historic city of Pamplona to the historic town of P……… To be fair, pretty much everything on the Camino involves going from one historic place to another, so not too much should be read into this. This day was the first […]
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