I’m often accused of only traveling to horrible places. However, that hardly seems a fair accusation. Consider my trip last fall to Italy’s Amalfi Coast… I even brought my family along on this one. The elite and the wealthy of ancient Rome visited often to find solace in the beauty of these cliffs as the … Continue reading
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Alexander Litvinenko’s Grave In Highgate Cemetery
London’s Highgate Cemetery has a number of interesting figures buried on its grounds, including Karl Marx and various relatives of mine. One very interesting (at least to me) recent arrival is that of Alexander Litvinenko. Remember the Alexander Litvinenko story? We were advised that his body was still so radioactive that he had to be … Continue reading
Jimi Hendrix Murdered?
My Italian and I recently visited the Handel House Museum in London. The Handel House Museum is the 18th century house where the famous composer George Frideric Handel lived for 36 years until his death in 1759. Later, however, the Handel House was home to another musical legend – the great Jimi Hendrix… In 1968 … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: William Albert Allard
Out West Lone Rider in West Texas, 1974 Cow Camp at Dawn, 1979 Texas Her Picture In A Frame Elko, Nevada, 1979 Sandrine Gataleta, Arles, 1993 The Season Of The Hunter Deer-Hunting Camp, Mississippi Delta, 1987 France Le Marais, Paris, 2002 Tanya and Edouard, Paris, 1988 Peru Three Bullfighters, Lima, 1981 White Pig, Slaughterhouse, Huancayo, … Continue reading
My Brother’s Keeper by C. Johan Bakkes
“Kalie is gone,” she told me. “It’s your fault – go look for him.” What keeps me sane, is occasionally escaping from what is considered normal. As a safari operator, I happen to show people the wild places of our continent. Ordinary people. People who pound away at a typewriter – these days a word … Continue reading
1970 Italy: The Borghese Coup
In December 1970 there was an attempt to impose on Italy the ‘authoritarian solution’. It was a strange coup d’état, so subtle and secretive that when it failed many denied, as they still do, that it had even taken place. Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, the architect of the coup, is one of the most controversial … Continue reading
California Ghost Towns: Grass Flat
If one accesses the road to Howland Flat from Church Street – the route that passes by the La Porte cemetery – one will pass over the following steel bridge (crossing over Slate Creek) after dropping down into the canyon: I will discuss this bridge and its surroundings in a future article. I use it … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 