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Top 20 New Year Traditions for the World’s Holiday
Since most of the world lives by the Gregorian calendar that means New Year’s Day is about the closest we come to a global public holiday. That’s cool. I love fresh starts, real and metaphorical. That’s what we get every … Continue reading
Posted in Family & Friends, Travel
Tagged holiday, New Year, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, Top 20
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Area 51 Revisited
Some of these tasks just crack me up. But given my current mood, shared by much of the country (see this post on the debt crisis), this seems an appropriate time for Tasks of the Absurd. BADGE UPDATE: TRAVELER BADGE … Continue reading
Puzzlers for Traveling Word Nerds
I’m on the road a good deal this summer for work, and finding the time to work on this project is particularly challenging when my schedule includes a lot of travel. Like many people, I’ve got a love/hate relationship with … Continue reading
Community Architecture: The French Quarter of New Orleans
I love cities. My favorites are steeped in history and made for walking like European cities. The French Quarter of New Orleans is similar to European cities, which are built around population centers. But the U.S. has only a few cities like … Continue reading
Lava Flow: Watching the World Be Born
There are lots of reasons to visit the Big Island of Hawaii, but for us, no adventure was so anticipated or rewarding as our coastline hike to see lava flowing into the ocean, to see the planet being born. It … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Travel
Tagged hiking, Lava, Travel, Volcano, Volcanoes National Park
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