There are so many things I admire about this shot that my sister took recently at Norman, Oklahoma’s Duck Pond. For starters, the look on the expression of the central figure’s face. The duck has clearly just been attacked and physically pushed to the side. But it couldn’t care less. It just ignores it, looks forward, steadfast and true. Don’t you wish we … Read on
Sibiel is a Transylvanian village where I had one of my favorites stays a few years ago. The B&B’s jovial owner volunteers at a local school, invites local clarinetists to come play in evenings, joins you for beer which is kept cold in the mountain stream out back, and has created the cutest corner display I’ve ever seen in a B&B:
Vladimir Lenin was born Vladimir Ulyanov. At 31, he changed his name to “Lenin,” most likely after the Lena River, a north-flowing river that crosses the Russian Far East and is used as a frozen highway in winter. The river’s most famous feature are the Leninski Stolbi (or Lenin Pillars), rock formations reached by boat a day’s ride from Yakutsk, a city of … Read on
