These were taken from a flight making its way to London from Calgary… We were along the edge of Hudson Bay – north of Churchill and at about the same latitude as Yellowknife – when the sun started to rise and I took these pictures: Any time I fly over the Arctic regions, I am … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Partisans’ Home
The Partisans’ Home can be seen off in the distance on the right… Italians don’t often get much respect, but I do not believe that is entirely justified. After all, this is the culture that gave us the Roman Empire and then the Renaissance. How many countries can claim two turns at the top of … Continue reading
The Weather Underground House
Looks like a relatively quiet – even quaint – Greenwich Village street scene, no? Well, this is what that street looked like on the morning of March 6, 1970: On that morning, the townhouse standing at 18 West 11th Street, which was being used as a hideout and bomb factory for the radical leftist Weather … Continue reading