In depth recounting of my global wandering
Headnote. For those of you who have read all the posts from my 2017 trip to Arizona and Utah if this post seems familiar, you’re not mistaken. It’s lifted almost verbatim from a section of the post titled “The Salt …
On 8 February 2002, athletes and officials representing 77 National Olympic Committees – including for the first time athletes from Cameroon, Hong Kong, Nepal, Tajikistan, and Thailand – entered Rice-Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah for …
Back in the USA. People who have visited the capital of Texas (and many who have not) are likely familiar with its famous marketing slogan. (From acrossthemargin.com). The principal intent of “Keep Austin Weird” is promoting local independently owned and …
I’ve mentioned elsewhere the challenges I face trying to distill many hours of research and reading and often tens of thousands of words of notes into a blog bite that’s not only a tenth of that size but that’s also …
Oy! Just oy! One reason I have a geological addendum for each location on this Olympic host cities tour (aside from the China pun, of course) is my general interest in the forces that have shaped our planet. Another is …