Showing posts with label World History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World History. Show all posts
07 December 2012

The Date That Lives in Infamy

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Today commemorates the 71st anniversary of the surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the US naval base at Pearl H...
25 November 2012

Tiananmen Today

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On 4 June 1989, Chinese civilians, for the most part workers and students, who had been gathering en masse in and around Tiananmen Square ...
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02 October 2012

"Nile" Frolics and Fantasies

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In another brief break from China travels, I would like to pay homage to a best-selling mystery writer who actually lives not too far from w...
26 June 2012

My Transplanted Provence

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One of my favorite places to visit is the beautiful southern area of France known as Provence , with its blue sky, vivid bright colors, frag...
02 April 2012

Caravans, Cranes and War Without End, Part 3

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As with so many situations today, thinking about the country of Afghanistan - and how it has changed from my initial romantically sweeping ...
31 March 2012

Caravans, Cranes and War Without End, Part 2

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James Michener 's 1963 novel " Caravans " was one of his characteristically sweeping sagas, this time set in Afghanistan  and ...
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30 March 2012

Caravans, Cranes and War Without End, Part 1

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When I was much younger, among the books I loved to read were those by novelist James Michener . Michener's works were generally charact...
24 January 2012

The Tricentenary of a Revolutionary

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In addition to being the Chinese Year of the Dragon as well as a Presidential election year for both France and the United States, 2012 is a...
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25 September 2011

Ten Years

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I believe that part of my unwillingness (or sheer laziness) to post this past month has been due to the ten-year anniversary of 9-11, which ...
24 July 2011

Visiting Italy's Lake District: Part X - Como

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We had enjoyed our visits to villages situated along Lake Como and in the surrounding area, but had not yet visited the city of Como itself...
24 June 2011

Visiting Italy's Lake District: Part VIIIb - Chiavenna

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After our last glimpses of soaring alpine peaks and tiny hamlets attached to steep hillsides, we departed by bus for the border village ...
12 June 2011

Visiting Italy's Lake District: Part VIa - Lago di Como and Menaggio

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After our pleasant time in Gandria, we drove through the border crossing into Italy and towards Lago di Como .  A cheer arose from the group...