On this fine Columbus Day, I recommend to you the book “1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus” by Charles Mann. From the Barnes & Noble website:
“In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
Contrary to what [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Europe trip’
Are we really still celebrating Columbus Day?
Posted in books, goals and ideas, politics, travel, tagged 1491, American Indians, Americas before Columbus, Aztecs, Charles Mann, Columbus Day, Europe trip, genetic engineering, pre-Columbian Indians, Tenochtitlan on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Person, place and thing
Posted in celebrity, general rambling, goals and ideas, memories, tagged blogging, Eiffel Tower, Europe trip, Louvre, Mona Lisa, photographs, pyramids on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I realized today that as much as I acted like my Monday night writing tragedy couldn’t be fodder for a blog post, I certainly managed to get 5 or 6 paragraphs out of it last night.
As I was writing my memoirs of my trip to Europe, I started to think about how so many visitors to [...]
The writing gods assign me an essay test in Patience
Posted in general rambling, memories, travel, tagged "Friends" logic, Colmar, computer glitches, Eiffel Tower, England, Europe trip, Hemingway, lost writing, Mona Lisa, Paris, rewriting, Ritz Paris, writing, writing gods on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In case anyone is keeping track at home, I do realize that I broke my promise yesterday of posting every day for 21 days. However, a great writing tragedy befell me last night and I simply had no energy left to post. (Of course, it had to be a writing tragedy, as any other kind of tragedy would have [...]
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