It is snowing on the mountain this morning and I'll be heading out to take pictures soon after the light. All yesterday the sky spit rain and tiny balls of ice. The wind blew. The air was chilly. I'll be…
Any interest in a story that involves tax-evasion, Swiss bank accounts, imaginary archaeologists, the mafia, bribery, money-laundering, art thieves, reclusive billionaires, ethically challenged CEOs, obsessed police investigators, and the world’s most incredible archaeological treasures? Pulitzer Prize finalists Jason Felch and…
In the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area. Taos County, NM, USA
There has been a rush of archaeological news the past month while I've been on the road. This one stood out: Armada Ship Found Off Donegal Coast: A wreck believed to be a ship from the Spanish Armada, discovered by…
What is great travel literature for me? I explained that here in 1-5, so lets jump right in. 11. Riding the Iron Rooster. Paul Theroux I’ve always thought that after five minutes with Theroux I’d want to sock him in the face. …
What is great travel literature for me? I explained that here in 1-5, so lets jump right in. 6. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Robert Louis Stevenson I agree with Junius Maltby (The Pastures of Heaven), Travels with…
"An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100 has been completed after 90…
The national debt is growing out of control, a vicious and divisive political climate inhibits the nation, the moneyed elite are running the government, economic collapse and financial meltdown put millions out of work, foreign military deployments are a constant…
I love this stuff. Dan Bailey, the Director of the Imaging Research Center (IRC) at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, put together this fabulous little film as part of his four year research into Washington DC history. Very…
My high school history teacher was a Classicist. His infatuation with the Greco-Roman societies had taken him on travels throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. He had learned Greek and Latin and had read Homer in the original. He was…
Meet me at Cowboy Wash for dinner. Bring....just....just you...
