Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! September is important as independence is celebrated in Mexico, much of Central America and in Chile. That is why Hispanic Heritage Month was created in 1968, as Hispanic Heritage Week. In 1988, the celebration expanded to 31 days, from September 15 to October 15. The word Hispanic is embraced by some […]
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The ancient city of Etzanoa found near Arkansas City, Kansas by Dr. Donald Blakeslee is under excavation since 2016. Last month a drone using a broad range of technologies mapped and confirmed the site of two thousand dwellings and a ceremonial center that Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado saw in 1541. Each house would […]
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Throwback Thursday takes us to the magnificent Chichén Itzá, our destination in 2005 days after our Ruta Puuc tour. (Click name to see the earlier August post.) The site is four square miles, so give yourself a full day to look around. El Castillo – Temple of Kukulkan (Quetzalcoatl) This tremendous monument was built in […]
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Do you miss the surprises of traveling, matching wits against a novel situation? I do. In 2005, we learned a lot on our trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mérida, I was researching articles for a translation. I’ll save that story for another Thursday. When my work was complete, we bought bus tickets for the […]
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Difficult to travel at present, so let’s enjoy images from earlier trips. In this Throwback Thursday post, I share digitized 35mm photos from my 1987 trip to Barcelona! I love design and Antoni Gaudí takes architecture to his own sky high level. I was experimenting with black and white film at Sagrada Familia cathedral. I […]
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Baseball legend Rod Carew published a new memoir, One Tough Out: Fighting Off Life’s Curveballs (2020). His life story hits it out of the park, with luck, talent and faith he went from poverty-stricken beginnings in Panama to a stellar career in the major leagues. For me growing up in Minnesota, his name was synonymous […]
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