Is there any way to end the hatefulness in the world? I am shocked to read two lead stories in today’s papers, both on the front page of The New York Times. One story describes the angry resistance to building mosques in some parts of America. While the controversy over the proposed mosque and cultural …
Personal History
Africa in Nashville
A vacation in Virginia and Tennessee last month yielded up some surprises, including a bit of Africa at the Nashville (TN) Zoo. Pretty impressive, and happy to share some photographs at Mr. Guy’s Africa-in-Nashville Album.
Birthday Greetings – The Other Way ‘Round
Sure, birthdays come and go, and some people get excited and some people just, well, just roll along and thank the good folks who send cards and then get on with their lives. And in other places there is even less observance of birthdays, a finding that surprises me in Kenya. Apparently as a relatively …
The Trip to Virginia – Visiting Two Ladies
As the photographs of the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway indicate, America is a great country for what some refer to as a “motoring holiday,” and that’s exactly what I indulged in during the days surrounding the Fourth of July (America’s famous Independence Day). Travelling to Tennessee, it seemed to make sense to drive …
Opera: Back in New York – The Verdi Requiem – Many Musical Memories
Of course one of the pleasures of far away duty stations is the return home, and those pleasures have been probably doubled for me, since my return home was interrupted almost immediately with more travel. But now I have been in my beloved Manhattan for a little over a week, and enjoying it mightily. Especially …