Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Happy Women's Day! The United Nations global theme for 2026 International Women’s Day is: “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls." This theme focuses on strengthening access to justice for all women…
Postcards from Paris
La Sainte-Chapelle (Paris)Commissioned by King Louis IX, and consecrated April, 1248. Gothic Architecture. Place de la Concorde, Paris Paris et ses Merveilles - Les parterres et le palais du Louvre (1973) L'eglise de la Madelaine (1806) a droite, les grands boulevards. Centre…
Searching for Home in Tibet
I was originally drawn to this book for two reasons. One, Tibet is on my bucket list and I am determined to go there. Second, the tag line, A Journey in Search of Home made me think it had something to do with being a Third Culture Kid. TCK's never know where home is.…
February Books
I recently read a couple of books on the Lost Generation. Gertrude Stein An Afterlife by Francesca Wade was excellent. If you are a Gertrude fan, like I am. This book covers her life but also tells us what happened after her death. Where all her writing went, what happened to Alice.…
Reclining Vishnu #cambodia
Echoes of a Global Life #memoir #travel #history #booksky
Postcards from Chile
Victoria RoundAbout, Santiago, Chile, 1986 Vina Del Mar, 1967 Santiago, 1986 Partial view of the city located at the Llanquihue lake's shore. At the back the Calbuco Volcano. Petrohue, Chile Torres del Paine National ParkRegion of Magellan and Chilean Antarctica, Chile Lago…
Breakfast in Minnesota
It is 7 below zero F today. We are on a warming trend. Never mind things have been boiling hot for weeks. It is a sad day We aren't terrorists. Domestic or otherwise. We are mothers and fathersWe are sisters and brothers Poets and authorsDancers and singersTeachers and…
Echoes of a Global Life
At least it is #sunny!
Postcards from Hawaii
Honolulu 1978. "Concrete Necklace" that seems to continually grow, but will never obliviate - majestic Diamond Head. March 1990 AlohaWe hovered over this in an helicopter in 1986 and it's still going! We are not going this year - but that's about the only thing that has not…
#winter #minnesota
The Parking Ramp Hater
Photo by Haberdoedas Photography on Pexels.com I was going to meet a friend in the parking ramp. She was giving me a ride to a Friday night event. She was late. I was standing inside by the elevators and I watched a guy drive by in a white van and park in a space that was…
Postcards from Montana
Magnificent Mt. Gould and the Garden Wall are the backdrop for Lake Josephine. Less than one mile hike, or a short boat ride, take the visitor to the beautiful lake, one of 250 in Glacier National Park. The unique flower, Beargrass, is a member of the Lily family, and can be…
Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS is just a straight up Nazi slogan
"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call them Nazis….not even hiding it
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Postcards from Indonesia
Indonesian Batik patterns The main figures of Ramayana Dance. Djanger Dance is such interesting that some of the tourists returned with a group Djanger dancers to perform in their country. This Balinese bridesmaid was photographed shortly after her sister was married…
Part memoir, part travelogue, part history lesson. It is about culture, transition, survival and self-discovery. A kid who grew up on five continents and lived in Russia as an adult during the chaotic 1990’s. Available at online bookstores.
Postcards from Kenya
Treetops, Nyeri, Kenya Kikuyu dancer, at Nairobi Airport The Elephant - A large bull may weigh 3-5 tons and the ivory tusks, which are enlarged incisors, may weigh 200 lbs.
The Holidays
That time of year again. I spent Christmas Day watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Seems to be my new holiday ritual. I always see new things in it. This year I paid particular attention to the landscape since I have just been to New Zealand. I did recognize some of it. That was…
Postcards from Colorado
April 2000 Rocky Mountain National Park. Sky Pond and Taylor Glacier. Colorado hikers on the Loch Vale Trail are awarded close up view of Taylor Glacier reflected in the frigid waters of Sky Pond. Photographer - Ron Mauer Bear Lake, Long’s Peak in background. An easy drive…
Are there any book blogger here who do reviews/interviews? I would love for you to read my book! Echoes of a Global Life, part memoir, part travelogue, part history lesson. Kathleen lived on five continents before she was eighteen. Life is never boring.
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San Francisco, California
We flew from Christchurch to Auckland to San Francisco on Air New Zealand. It was a comfortable flight but miserable. Very long and I can't sleep on airplanes. I got this amazing shot out the window. My friend told me the glass was tinted to that kind of burst my bubble.…
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Postcards from India
Emperor Humayan’s tomb, Delhi. Brahma, Relief from Aihole, Prince of Wales Museum Aerial View of New Delhi. Containing President’s House, Central Secretariates and Parliament House Elephant Ride, Amber Palace, Jaipur
Lyttelton and the Akaroa Peninsula
Lyttelton is a port just east of Christchurch. At the top of the hill above town is a timeball constructed in 1876, and now is a registered heritage site. A time ball is a large painted wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time, to enable sailors to…
