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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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
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
Visiting The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta
As some of you know, I go to Rome fairly often. When in Rome, I have frequently passed the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The first time I walked by, I had no idea what it was. However, after a little research, I discovered that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a Roman Catholic … Continue reading
The FLNC Tour – National Liberation Front of Corsica – Part 2
In the previous post, I explored how the FLNC came into being, explained a little about FLNC history and visited a number of sites of recent FLNC activity (If you want to see Part 1 again, click here). In this post, I’ll also touch on the FLNC, but will focus more on Corsica and Corsican … Continue reading
The FLNC Tour – Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica
The picturesque Mediterranean island of Corsica is half the size of Wales and is home to a population of 260,000. It is also home to a violent separatist group waging a war for independence. The group calls itself the FLNC which is an acronym for the National Liberation Front of Corsica. In Corsican that reads … Continue reading
California Ghost Towns: Pine Grove And The Cole Cash (or Comet) Mine
Located in Plumas County near the town of La Porte, the cliffs pictured below mark the site where the gold rush town of Pine Grove used to be: Until recently, I did not know that Pine Grove used to be here. I just thought it was an interesting mining site. So, all of the pictures … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 