The South has a number of plantations along the Mississippi River, from the famous Oak Alley plantation, to the Laura plantation some miles from New Orleans. The family at Nottoway Plantation built a grand house with some very modern touches including a bowling alley for the children, flushing toilets (!!) and servant call-bells (like those […]
Some ETC bits and pips.
Nothing like spending St Patrick’s Day in Chicago, IL. As always, click on any photograph to start the slide show. Enjoy! Chicago is a beautiful city.
FQF2013 As the New Orleans Jazz Festival kicks off today, I remembered that I had some pictures from the French Quarter Festival from a few weeks ago. It is one of the free music festivals in the beautiful city of New Orleans, with multiple stages and impromptu street concerts from local artists… You can click […]
I love going to RotR. It’s always an experience and a half. One camps, floats about on the Eel River, eats some outdoor barbecued meat and bits, enjoys some positive, love-filled music, and meets some very interesting folks. The festival has had a very colorful past, with dramatic lawsuits between producers and festival grounds owners, […]
Bangkok was an interesting (in a good way) experience for me. This was my first adventure in a land where English was not the first language. I learned how to ‘wei’, and how to say the following: hello, please, thank you, and beautiful in Thai. Many were amazed by my thick braids that, usually, due […]
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The heart harries the mind to tarry; only dead fish go with the flow
The dream is free; the hustle is sold separately
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mkhana in transit 