Cherry Blossom Festival Washington D. C. I have always wanted to see the famed Cherry Blossom festival, in Washington D.C., but until this year, our trips to D. C., did not coincide with the magnificent trees blooming schedule. Even this trip, I am told is a few weeks...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Interior by George Nicolaj Achen Can you see the glare of the glass, on the framed pictures? How does one capture such a thing with paint? It appears more like a photograph...
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The X-Force Emerging Threats IBM has a security research and development team called the X-Force. The IBM X-Force team is world renowned for studying and monitoring the latest vulnerabilities and threats on the web. They are also responsible for discovering vulnerabilities that exist within our own products, as well as third party products,...
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Velella Velella By-the-Wind Sailor Jellyfish “About half of them are ‘left handed’…their sails are set opposite to the other half…so that during violent storms, half will be carried to shore to provide food for beach creatures while the other half will survive to continue drifting.” ~Kathy Katz~ On a bright, South Florida type...
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Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation In Remembrance of those who perished and in celebration of those who survived, stroll through one of the finest Holocaust memorials I have ever born witness to. Located at 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139, it is open daily with free admission. http://www.holocaustmmb.org/ From the...
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As One Listens To The Rain by Octavio Paz Listen to me as one listens to the rain, not attentive, not distracted, light footsteps, thin drizzle, water that is air, air that is time, the day is still leaving, the night has yet to arrive, figurations of mist at the turn of the...
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Stuffed Corned Beef and Cabbage During various holidays, I tend to buy a little extra of whatever is on sale, to have on hand for the future. For example, an extra turkey before Thanksgiving, which can always be eaten in December, or a Ham for the freezer, at Easter, and around Saint Patrick’s...
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The Gardens at Santa Clara The California coast is dotted with twenty-one missions that were built by the Catholic Spaniards, of the Franciscan order. Each mission was supposed to be a day’s walk away, from the next; they were used to spread the Catholic faith and to help establish the Spanish crown in the...
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Apple Orchard Covered in Snow The warm, bright sunshine suggest spring may be approaching this snow covered apple orchard in Maine.
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John F. Kennedy Library and Museum My Mother was not a huge fan of history; she always said she was much more interested in the present than the past – the older I get, the more I understand her point. However, I still love history. Recently, I came across this ticket stub,...
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