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edgardavidboshart
Jan 12, 20183 min read
Eternal Flame - Tower of Death
Modern Iran is certainly a paragon of Islam but the country’s culture also has deep roots in the ancient mostly unrecorded Zoroastrian...
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edgardavidboshart
Dec 8, 20172 min read
Oasis of Kashan, Iran, Part I
Traveling through Iran-Persia from Tehran to Kashan
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edgardavidboshart
Dec 2, 20173 min read
Goodbye Tehran
While Tehran has much human drama to keep a first-time or umpteenth-time visitor entertained, the heart of Iran still beats in the...
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edgardavidboshart
Nov 17, 20174 min read
The Lion of Persia
Whose head is that? The Lion and Sun (شیر و خورشید, Shir o Khorshid) emblem (holding a shamshir, scimitar) remained the official...
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edgardavidboshart
Nov 3, 20174 min read
Persia's Carpets, Fabrics, Gems and Spices -- Part I (Carpets)
If your Persian rug wasn't made in Iran, then it isn't a Persian carpet. There is mystery woven into each fabric composition that is...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 27, 20173 min read
The Bazaar of Wares and Religion
Iran/Persia is the torn heart of Central Asia (Asia Minor). Secular China is the body, Byzantine Russia the head, the Hindu Indian...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 20, 20173 min read
Tehran: The Many Become One
Cosmopolitan Smog - view from Tochal Ski Mountain Tehran, the largest city and capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, fans out below...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 12, 20176 min read
Faces of Iran, an Introduction (and Special Comment)
This account of Iran's people, land, arts, and history begins simply with a collection of faces -- of citizens going about their daily...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 5, 20177 min read
Persia for Americans and Jews
Buckled in a business class seat on a Lufthansa airliner scheduled to depart from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington D.C. , on September...
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Edgar David Boshart
Sep 7, 20172 min read
Going to Persia
I am travelling to Iran to explore some of the antiquities and historical highlights of the great Persian Empire with a small tour group acc
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edgardavidboshart
Aug 17, 20172 min read
The Miracle Guy
The Archangel Michael I arrived in Ponta Delgada, from Boston, at 6:30 am Saturday morning in late May, but there was no room at the inn...
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edgardavidboshart
Aug 11, 20172 min read
Lord of Miracles in the the Age of Atomic Weapons
Currently, the public veneration of the Lord Christ Holy Ghost of the Miracles is observed throughout the Azores Islands. And due to the...
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edgardavidboshart
Aug 6, 20172 min read
March of the Faithful (discussion supplement)
Photo: Ponta Delgada, San Miguel, Azores Occasionally a blog entry elicits some discussion of the theme. I am inclined to share all or...
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Edgar David Boshart
Aug 3, 20173 min read
Lord: Holy Ghost of Miracles, on San Miguel, Azores (Portugal)
The Festival of the Jesus Christ Holy Ghost Lord of Miracles, in Ponta Delgada, San Miguel Island, featured in the Azores each year in...
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Edgar David Boshart
Jun 22, 20174 min read
Goodbye Canada: Olympic NP and Dungeness Spit
The Olympic Peninsula, the last stop on a journey across the Canadian Rockies to Seattle.
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Edgar David Boshart
Jun 16, 20173 min read
Victoria, BC to Port Angeles, US: Ghosts on the Waterfront and Cloud Capture on the Juan de Fuca St
Visitors to Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula must cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Edgar David Boshart
May 31, 20172 min read
Down the Western Slopes of BC To the Sea
I intended to complete this blog’s focus on last October's journey through western Canada by the Memorial Day weekend 2017. However,...
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edgardavidboshart
May 18, 20172 min read
Coldwater, Heart of BC
Cowboy Valley, Heart of BC I had lunch of sorts at the Coldwater Hotel in Merritt, British Columbia, located 50 miles south of Kamloops...
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Edgar David Boshart
May 10, 20172 min read
Takakkaw Falls, Yoho is not Ho-hum
Yoho, the easternmost national park in British Columbia, is a name that anyone can like, while one of its landmark sites, Takakkaw Falls,...
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