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Today, two American Indian friends of mine, celebrating their wedding anniversary in Orlando, drove down to Miami, 200 miles each way. ABB and I worked together at the Umonhon Tribe…
In today's discussion, the airline in question is SWISS airlines. I have flown them a few times before, once Montreal to Zurich to Singapore and back, eleven years ago almost…
The sentence: Mission oriented rather than mercenary approach and in the end Missionary approach wins.. is from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com I will tell you about a personal…
I have been in this small Breton city/large village of Quiberon which is very tourist oriented, but I had come to visit people who live here. Our meals are usually…
Few days ago President Macron had a televised speech to the nation in which he touched on many aspects especially the control of Covid 19 and its restrictions and relaxations.…
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE ON THIS BASTILLE DAY 2021 It was nice to watch the pomp and elegance of the Bastille Day parade along the Champs des Elysees…
My sister from Cuba wrote, dont forget to wear manga larga/large sleeve shirts and make sure that once you get to your destination, immediately wash them. That was to be…
Poverty rates in the western world, while appearing to be different, are at a higher level than one imagines. 12.7% was the rate of poverty in the USA before the…
I am not sure which one of my professors at the University of Melbourne teaching hospital told me: Choose a specialty that suits your personality. I had observed the various…
We are always grateful for friends from yore who introduced us to books or poems or countries or ways of thinking. We are the collective expressions of so many of…
I have had two days of absolute tranquility, calm and mental balance. No one else is in this house, I have my coffee at the patio looking at the green…
These are the countries which are close to my heart and in each one of them there are conflicts of one sort of another: all politicized, whether it is the…