In depth recounting of my global wandering
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 …
As always seems to be the case anything that happens in the Balkans has distinctive layers of complexity that all but demand deeper exploration than one might normally apply in describing similar circumstances elsewhere in the world. Costs are always …
I think it borders on impossible to write about any important event in the Balkans without encountering layers of complication and the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo are no exception primarily because there are the Games and there is the …