By Renee Blodgett on June 19, 2007 in Atlantic Provinces, Canada, Europe, Ireland, New England, North America, Photos, Scotland, USA, Wales
I seem to be on an accidental journey of reading novel after novel of tales that recount history, culture and tradition; the last four set in the American Northeast where the characters were of Irish,...
This past week, the New York Times ran an article on a Piedmont elementary school which has been practicing "mindfulness" with students. They actually have a name for it: mindfulness training. It's hard to imagine...
Photo: Flag for Peace (Pace in Italian) Displayed at the protests
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View snapshots of the Protests and the Boosh Visit
Nine months out of the country. Nine months of not having to deal...
I wanted to respond to Rubel's Attention Crash post the moment I read it, both on his blog and on mine. Why I hesitated? The same reason he points to: "my attention has reached a...
While the industry is thinking about privacy in the past week (Google, Google Video, recent privacy report, etc etc), it's a good time to point to a new book called "Who's Watching You?"
Overview: the threat...
View Slide Show of Rome’s Dirty Little Secret below
We all have them…secrets…sometimes small, sometimes big, sometimes innocent and sometimes dirty…and Rome is no exception. If you’ve spent time traveling around the city of Rome then...
My experience with the airlines is far from this delightful with the exception of some of the European and Asian airlines. The feelings have gone from frustrated to angry to surreal, i.e., "how can they...
Chanting over and over again, Parasols, Not Paratroopers, Books Not Bombs, participants in last weekend's Santa Cruz Gay Pride Parade created an amazing spectacle. Hundreds of marchers took part in the parade in addition to...
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