I remember ending the last blog post I did on the House of Cards in the hope of Claire Underwood becoming the President (or the series becomes worthless). For combinatoric reasons (#Metoo related complete exit of Spacey and the scope for a better story)… Continue Reading “Claire Hale in a trial for dark feminism”
Category: Cinema, Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, World CultureTags: Claire Hale, Claire Underwood, Donald Trump, Doug Stamper, feminism, House of Cards, Netflix, Political drama, politics, Review, Season6, Show review, Storytelling, truth, Underwoods
On my trip to Whitehorse, Yukon territory, I found my likely spirit animal: the raven.. Actually ravens are hard to miss there, no wonder the first nations have them in many tales, they are symbolic of creativity and tricks. Bald eagles are symbolic of… Continue Reading “Raven and the sun”
Category: Books, Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Phlog, Photography, Poetry, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Bald eagle, canada, canadian, Chrestomanci, creator, Diana Wynne Jone, Diana Wynne Jones, First nation stories, friendship, inspiration, mythology, peace, poem, poet, Poetry, Raven, spirit animal, trickster, Whitehorse, Yukon territory
These are photos from two years ago. I just found them today and as it has often (if not always) happened, I like them more now than I did when I saw them soon after our trip. This is not the Vegas strip, this… Continue Reading “Las Vegas downtown in black and white”
Category: Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Black and white photography, Casino, Gamblers of vegas, iPhone photography, iPhone photos, Las Vegas, Nevada, Night light, night photography, People photography, shows, Vegas
How to see/spot/ get the double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad? (ok, to end the suspense: it is a rare bird in TT, so please continue reading for content, and sorry the photo is down below, thanks much, kisses…) Well, of course you don’t go looking… Continue Reading “How to ‘get’ a double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, Photography, Science, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Asa wright Nature center, Bearded bell-bird, birding, Blue-headed parrots, Caroni Swamp, endangered species, Grand Riviere, Honeycreeper, Hummingbirds, Indian diaspora, Leather-back turtles, Mt. Plaisir, Nannan tours, nature, Nature photography, Owls, Pawi, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Scarlet Ibis, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago, wildlife, Winston Nannan
It has been a few months I posted anything. So a photo post was at the very least due. A great start to my 2018 in Panama, with these tamarins on the first day of this new year.. In the Gatun lake of… Continue Reading “Geoffroy’s Tamarins in Panama”
Category: Environment, Photography, World CultureTags: Cute, Gatun lake, Geoffroy's tamarin, Jungle boat tour, Nature photography, New world monkeys, Panama, Panama canal, Panama city, Tamarins, Wild animals, Wildlife photography