With the national elections being featured day in and day out on our news outlets, one can not help but think about winning. What does it take to win? What does it mean to give it your all? What does it mean to pick a winner? Now, with […]
I am the type of person who hates group activities. Do you know that silly job interview question “do you prefer group or individual assignments?” (Or some variation thereof). I hardly ever believe interviewees when they answer that they prefer group assignments. And when I do believe the […]
There was a television show many years back called “227”. The comedy show was about a woman living on a Washington DC apartment complex who often sat on the stoops of the building where she engaged in gossip. I don’t remember much else about the show other […]
My son is a rather seasoned traveler for a seven year old. He has been round the world from Japan to Australia to Italy to Curacao. He has gone cross country through Canada as well as through 20 states in the United States.He understands how flights and […]
Dear friend, permit me a small ramble. Permit me a stream of consciousness about my son. If you want to know my conclusion up front, well here it is. I am in awe of my son’s lask of fear. Now, let me backtrack a bit. This past […]
When you hear of African Safaris, the image often conjured up is that of a fierce lion or cheetah. A buffalo or a leopard will also do in terms of Safari experiences. This past week I went to two small game reserves in South Africa. I am […]
“Let your worship keep count of the goats the fisherman is taking across, for if one escapes the memory there will be an end of the story, and it will be impossible to tell another word of it.”–Don Quixote I am an odd traveler in that […]
I am nearing the end of my stay in South Africa. Although, tomorrow I get to visit some places of importance in Mandela’s personal history and I am excited to experience that. Furthermore, my return trip is through Istanbul so let’s see what happens and how I […]
I love to travel. I like meeting new people and learning of new cultural scripts. I like walking around for miles and miles. I like trying new sauces. I enjoy working out at hotel gyms, even the tiny ones with just two treadmill machines. My son has taken […]
I am not a coffee lover in the strictest sense of the term despite drinking 3 cups of coffee every day by 10am. I am not a person who loves a cup of plain Joe in the morning. I don’t relish drinking coffee the way I do a […]
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