The Nairobi slum where 12-year-old Priscilla grew up abuts one of Africa’s largest dumpsites. Now her blood is charged with lead, as electronic waste from the world over piles up unchecked. Dandora is far and away the largest refuse dump in the 4.5-million-strong Kenyan capital, and with 2,000 tons of fresh waste every day, […]
Where nightlife is at its best
How many of you have set foot in Manila? Not too many, I suppose. Then, why don’t you try so that you’ll feel how it’s like to enjoy the fun out there, and join the restless shadows of the night. I bet you won’t regret it. Unlike any other megalopolis in this world, Manila […]
The FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ALL OVER AGAIN
RE-ENACTORS FIGHT THE FIRST WORLD WAR AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. In 1755 Europe was engulfed in what many consider the real First World War, pitting Britain and France and their respective allies for world dominance extending from the Eastern European plains to the wilderness of the North American continent. New York would play a […]
A VISION OF SILENCE AT STORM KING
I LOVE THIS PLACE… STORM KING’S SILENT ALLURE By Warren D. Jorgensen I make it a policy to tour any new area via bus on arrival, to get a larger overall view of the area, which is how Jean and I wound up on the on the tramway that transports visitors around the 500 acres […]
AN ADIRONDACK STATE OF MIND
AN ADIRONDACK STATE OF MIND More years ago than I admit to, while on a cross country skiing adventure, I came to the shore of a lake in the Adirondack Mountains. Before me was an unbroken snow-field, untouched, unmarked, bathed in the soft red-gold glow cast by the last rays of […]
The Public Art of San Francisco
So which city in the USA has 600 murals on its streets, all available for public perusal? Well, it’s the same city that has a Cartoon Museum, a Spanish Mission dating from 1791 and a Museum of Modern Art, built on a reclaimed former industrial zone. The fact is that since the 1930’s, murals have […]
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