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“I Just Want Some Goddamned Place to Camp”

I ran into this old boy Friday night in Taos, New Mexico. He had been riding for weeks, he said, looking for work. He started Friday morning in Angel Fire, NM. He had no map and just the name of…

Majupi

April 1, 2011
Jim O'Donnell
Europe, Kosovo, Macedonia, Places, Stories

Katlanovo sat in the snow deep in the mountains. The buildings of the summer camp dormitories were pale blue and spread into a stand of cyprus and pine. The air was hazy and orange and completely still. In front of…

Haunted Hotels in New Mexico: Pop Shaffer’s Scary Hotel and Yummy Restaurant

One week ago, a slightly macho man and his two slightly pre-teen daughters requested the scariest two rooms in the hotel. Rooms 17 and 18 are right next to one another. A tiled, modernistic bathroom links the rooms. The bathroom was…

Sunset at the Very Large Array, New Mexico

The evening of March 17, 2011 at the Very Large Array in central New Mexico.

The Tornio River Valley – Part II

February 2, 2011
Jim O'Donnell
Archaeology, Europe, Finland, Places, Stories

Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part I,…

Settlement of the Tornio River Valley – Part I

January 29, 2011
Jim O'Donnell
Archaeology, Europe, Finland, Places, Scandanavia

Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part…

The Curse of Minerva – The Parthenon Thru Time

January 24, 2011
Jim O'Donnell
Archaeology, Europe, Places

Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea’s hills the setting sun; Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light; O’er the hush’d deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the…

GeoTourism

January 13, 2011
Jim O'Donnell
GeoTourism, Places

Geotourism is "best practice" tourism that sustains, or even enhances, the geographical character of a place, such as its culture, environment, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. For the past eight months I have been working with the Center…

Medano Creek: Great Sand Dunes National Park

December 23, 2010
Jim O'Donnell
Colorado, USA, My Shot of the Day, North America, Photography, Places

I'm stuck in a summer mode. I'm not a winter person. I'm more like a bear. I hibernate or leave in the winter. So here is a warm, wet summer thunderstorm at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, USA.