America's early colonization brought drastically different initial opinions and interactions between the settlers and the native...

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Again, I offer a half-hearted disclaimer. The following is not an entirely fictional or non-fictional account. Jeb (my alter ego) and...

https://youtu.be/eN8jc-5Wy8I Menno’s Folks. The Mennonites are a pie of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after a Frisian priest —...

----------- Video (5 min.) Tap and Nap _______________ In the parlance of our world’s scientists, we now accept generally that materials...

Video (6 min.) click and stick ...[I am still working to improve on these presentations to make them more pleasing to hear as well...

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTRd5f9Q2g&t=80s My path courses along the edges of the battle(s), like that of a war correspondent. I...

I hope to present my blogs in a more personal way going forward, so as to make it a little more interactive and entertaining. Links will...

I expected the Mekong River jungle to be relatively silent. But it is not. In a humid, green undergrowth, I stride to the sound of...

(Hue, Vietnam, part 2) Emperors and gods are sometimes (usually!) indistinguishable. In Asia, and especially looming China, central...

The Perfume River (Sông Hương or Hương Giang; 香江) crosses the city of Huế, in the central Vietnamese province of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province....

Tomorrow I leave for another visit to Vietnam and Cambodia for a couple of weeks. It has been 10 years since I was in these two...

Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) never set foot or planted the flag for the Crown of Castille on North America. However, he found...

A Metaphor Walking the streets of Havana in March 2018, I spied a man in a white T-shirt watching a spontaneous soccer match below his...

On the western side of Isfahan’s grand square looms the Ali Qapu, a towering pavilion topped by pillars, under reconstruction, and behind...

It's early morning, late September. I stride across Meidan-e Shah Square (the massive Royal Square) in old town Esfahan (or Isfahan),...

I arrived at the ruins of Persepolis, near Shiraz, with great anticipation. The skies were clear and the sun burned hot even in...

The historical vibrations of Persia really begin to hit home in the central desert towns of Iran, especially in the large city of Yazd —...

One of the oldest towns in the world displays some of the finest Persian architecture in central Asia