This scan from the past is a vivid example of a how beautiful a Hawaiian Kona sunset can be. Some of Hawaii’s best sunsets are visible the Big Island’s Kona coast. The coastline faces west and has an unobstructed view to the horizon. Pick a place with a nice foreground, throw in a couple of […]
While in England I wanted to see Castles and Dungeons. I visited one of the finest castles in the Midlands – Warwick Castle. Pronounced WAR-ICK, it is a medieval castle on the River Avon, about 20 miles south of Coventry, in Warwickshire. Warwick is located conveniently close to my in-laws home and it is just a
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A meeting with the Vice President doesn’t happen every day. In the period of time between Dick Cheney’s role as Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and his position as Vice President under George W. Bush, Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000. I had the
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How many parking tickets can you get? I lived in England for about 6 months and stayed in a guest house/hotel that had no parking. As a result I parked on the street for a long time, much to the chagrin of the “traffic warden”. A traffic warden is the English version of a meter
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Daily Photo from the Archive – Hong Kong. Eating places are ubiquitous in Asia and Hong Kong is no exception. It seems like everyone eats out, as evidenced by the this example of a waterfront eatery. The food is fresh, good and cheap. I was in Hong Kong multiple times in the 1980’s. There as
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A wind-whipped forest fire raged out of control during a Sierra Nevada Forest Fire 1992, burning more than 20,000 acres in nearly 30 hours. The fire was west of Truckee California, not too far from the famous Donner Pass. I was in Lake Tahoe that week, relaxing with the family and the picture below was taken near
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