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Vian v Eufala Football Game 2024 Early in the season, the light is still pretty for at least part of a football game, so I get out my great-big lens for one of its very-few annual outings and see what happens. As usual, I nearly More...
Bangkok 2015: “The King and I” at the Grand Palace One of a handful of posts from a couple of days' stopover in Bangkok, Thailand. If you’re a Yul Brenner fan, you’ll be interested to know that King Bhumobol Adulyadej of Thailand -- a.k.a. Rama IX -- is More... →
Iran: Complicated Relations My time in Iran happened to include the anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy -- the event that started the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979. There were anti-American signs all over Tehran. My new Iranian-American friend mentioned that More... →
Iran: Blue Tiles of Isfahan In the time period roughly between Christopher Columbus and George Washington, early-day Iranians were on the other side of the world doing some pretty impressive things with blue and yellow tile. The city of Isfahan was the capital of Persia More... →