Continue Reading Body Shapes The New York Times provided a fun little exercise of guessing type of olympic sport associated with certain body shapes some days…
Continue Reading Belo Monte Does the name Belo Monte sound familiar? Let me guess: not. I certainly knew nothing about this dam construction project until I started…
Continue Reading Portland Photography Forum I was asked to put the text below up for folks who could not attend the meeting where it was presented. These…
Continue Reading Team Refugee 2016 “The images of Team Refugee at the Olympics offers a glimmer of hope in a gloomy summer.” When I read these words…
Continue Reading The Zika Virus (again) I mistakenly sent this draft out before finishing it on Sunday. Maybe it’s the heat that makes me so incompetent a n…
Continue Reading Random thoughts on Brazil I don’t watch sports. If you asked me the difference between baseball and football I’d be able to say they both involve balls and…
Continue Reading Dessert In 1975 I backpacked for 6 months through pretty much all of South America. Some of the best months of my life,…
Continue Reading Eintopf Literally translated, the German word Eintopf means one pot. It usually refers to a thick soup made in a single pot out…
Continue Reading Plump thing with a navel Xitomatl is the Aztec name for tomatoes, who originated, it is believed, in Peru. The translation can be found in today’s title….
Continue Reading The GMO Controversy The Myth of Frankenfood And you thought you’d be safe from politics for a bit. We have to tackle the question of genetically modified organisms, though,…
