As relayed to Sue Fox for The Velvet Rocket from September 17, 2006: The alarm goes off at 7am and I go down in my dressing gown to let the jack russells out — Stella and her daughter, Shen, which in Chinese means “mystic mountain”. Sandy liked the sound of it. I crush a fresh … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Poem Of The Day: Robert W. Service
There’s a race of men that don’t fit in, A race that can’t stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and they rove the flood, And they climb the mountain’s crest; Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood, And … Continue reading
Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower and Laboratory
If you already know all about Nikola Tesla, or think you do, skip to the next section. Otherwise, read on for a brief course on the life of Nikola Tesla: Nikola Tesla – An Electric Life Nikola Tesla was born during a lightning storm at the stroke of midnight on the 10th of July 1856. … Continue reading
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
I put off working on this one for a while because this is a damned complicated conflict and I knew it would be a lot of work to try and present an accurate description of events. However, it is time to tackle the Bosnia conflict… Now, if you just want to look at pictures or … Continue reading
The M-5 in Bosnia – Sjetlina, Podgrab, Praca, the Praca River Gorge And More…
I had little idea how far down into the rabbit hole I would go when I started this project. All that I have been told is false. Up is down. Beautiful scenery hides ugly truths. Judging from the volume of hate emails and hate comments I have received, I am hitting close to the truth … Continue reading
Skopje, Macedonia
Looks relatively quiet and peaceful, no? That was not the case a few years ago… The Macedonian Insurgency In early 2001 a group of ethnic Albanian rebels began operating in several villages near the Macedonia-Kosovo and Macedonian-Albanian borders. The insurgency centered on the town of Tetovo and in the Sar Mountains north of Tetovo. The … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 