Cruising home (to Hawaii) at thirty thousand feet, in between the tiny bags of pretzels and constant interruptions, I had time to reflect on my wanderings. (The book details his WALK from Paris, France to Jerusalem!) My introspection would continue …
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Enjoy A Mini-Vacation at Texas Motor Speedway by Bonnie and Bill Neely
A day or week-end at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth is an exciting experience, and for millions who live within a couple of hour’s drive from Fort Worth, this is a great mini-vacation, for a week-end or a day …
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Tadousac Bay in Quebec, One of World’s Most Beautiful
At the heart of Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the town of Tadousac, in Quebec, Canada, is the gateway to Saguenay National Park and Saguenay Fjord. We followed the Cote Nord Highway 775 miles along the St. Lawrence River and Estuary …
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Lions of Keswick Open Footpaths by Michele Hawkins
People began congregating in the neighborhood of the Queen’s Hotel on the afternoon of October 1, 1887. Armed with crowbars, pickaxes and spades- the protesters began marching toward Latrigg, a favorite fell. They chanted “The lions of Keswick will break …
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Wayward Wayfarer by Jack Goldfarb
I consider myself an upright law-abiding citizen. Except for one minor skirmish with the law as a teenager sneaking into the IRT subway in Brooklyn. A friend and I, squeezing through the turnstile on one fare, were snared by two …
Southwest Supertramp Tour…. Into the American Wild, Wild West by Wayne Hunt
if you take the name of your first pet and add a surname of the first street you lived on, you too will have a fictitious (a.k.a. ‘porn star’) name like…. She had told us her name was Mimsy Eldena, …
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A Brave Visit To Yemen, Part 2 by Leslie R. Adams
After visiting the capital, Sana’a, we headed North. The trip to the city of Sada had been cancelled due to tribal conflicts, and so we were only going as far as Shahara. On the way we stopped at a few …
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Vassa, The Buddhist Lent by Antonio Graceffo
Most of us have some aspect of our personality or our life that we wish to change. We want to lose weight, quit smoking, save money, or develop the discipline to meditate daily and heal our minds. Some people wish …
The Best City in the USA for Food and Wine by Ron Kapon
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and Los Angeles may be the finalists, but the winner is Las Vegas! There are 120 Master Sommeliers in the world (wine knowledge and blind tastings are part of the rigorous exam). Seventy-four of …
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When the Whales Stop Singing by Linda Ballou
Within moments of being in a mall bombarded with different music from all sides, I experience sensory overload and start searching for the nearest exit. Whales can’t escape the noise pollution in their world so easily. The effects of sonar …
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