June 2011

Bow to America’s Canyonlands

Posted onJune 21, 2011June 11, 2015AuthoradminLeave a comment

Heaven on Earth may sound trite until you actually glimpse Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park, the stone spires and graceful arches of Bryce Canyon and tiers of uplifted cliffs in the Grand Canyon’s Kaibab Plateau. But glimpsing hardly does it justice. And the sweeping landscape of ever-changing reds, purples, oranges and ochers make visiting Read More …

Plaguing Europe

Posted onJune 10, 2011October 5, 2012AuthoradminLeave a comment

Ring-a-ring-a roses. A pocket full of posies. Atishoo, atishoo. We all fall down. Folklorists say that this children’s nursery rhyme originated when the Great Plague ravaged London in the mid 17th century. With symptoms of red rings on the skin, people clutching flowers to fend off the disease (remember, this was the old days) and Read More …