“The death of a fashion model who plunged from the ninth floor of a Manhattan building has been ruled a suicide. The medical examiner’s office said Sunday that Ruslana Korshunova (roos-LAH’-nuh kor-shoo-NOE’-vuh) died in the fall the afternoon before. The fall was from her apartment in the Financial District. The 20-year-old Korshunova was a native … Continue reading
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Human Landscapes Of South Africa
Human Landscapes of South Africa Critchley Hackle Fishing Lodge Knysna Logging in South Africa An ostrich farm Some of the shanty towns of South Africa Continue reading
You Know Where You Are?
What better way to follow on the success of the California loop trip (stories and pictures will be forthcoming soon) than a week at Burning Man? I couldn’t think of a better way either. Back at my post in a week… Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket Does Miami (or Caught Somewhere In Time)…
Alligator Alley… Heading down to Miami on I-75 South So, upon the suggestion of Kira (thank you as well for the excellent hotel suggestion, Kira) and many others, I decided to stay in South Beach which really personifies Miami and serves as the cultural center of Miami. Plus, even all of the Miami natives told … Continue reading
James Dean, $473 and A Long Summer Night
Checking out for a while, kids: I’m going to explore the Carrizo Plain and then head over to the Salton Sea. I’ll proceed from there up through Death Valley and into the eastern Sierra to check out Bodie, Devil’s Postpile, Obsidian Dome, Mono Lake, etc. I’m going to endeavor to mix in a couple of … Continue reading
A Business Of Some Heat
Overcoming Dry Creek – Part 1 (or Turns Out… You Don’t Know Everything)
There’s a watershed that runs through Oregon House (where I grew up) known as the Dry Creek complex. It flows through Thousand Trails, Collins Lake, blah, blah, blah… When I was in college, a family friend mentioned an “easy” route one could take by floating on an inner tube late in the season (when water … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 