Watch Your Head! There’s A Plane Landing! Wow! Talk about a close shave! This is a REAL photograph of a plane landing right on top of beachgoers in the Caribbean – talk about a close shave! As you can see,… Read More ›
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Best 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas! Food! Family! Travel! “IT” Girls! Runaways! Five Great Memoirs As Holiday Gifts!
Looking For A Great Book? It can be daunting to stare down stacks and stacks – er, I mean page after page of online choices…so here are five terrific books to give as holiday gifts! “Eve’s Hollywood!” In the swinging… Read More ›
From “Runaway” To “Castaway”! The “Faraway” Dramatic Life of Writer Lucy Irvine!
Looking For The Ultimate Escape? For one determined young woman, that escape involved a year on a deserted island! I have written about Author Lucy Irvine’s amazing books, and her incredible life. That life is dramatic, sad, and ultimately inspiring!… Read More ›
“Nothing To Envy!” The Horror Of Life In North Korea! Brilliant Book Looks At This Isolated Hell!
This image of N. Korea missiles being fired made me take another look at this oppressive, bankrupt regime…which begins every day this way: “Our father, we have nothing to envy in the world.” Those words are sung by schoolchildren all… Read More ›
China’s Glass Bridge Cracks! World’s Most Dangerous Hiking Trail! China’s Extreme Adventures!
Talk about a walk with a nice view! Can you imagine going across THIS? Only one problem: it CRACKED! That’s right, this amazing suspension bridge in Jiaozuo City, central China’s Henan Province, is made of glass – and it cracked!… Read More ›
Amazing China Highway Runs Over LENGTH Of River! Wild China Adventures!
Look At This Bridge That Runs “Alongside And Over” The River! Welcome to Xingshan County in China’s Hubei Province! China does it again! When faced with the need to build a highway through rough terrain, they did was NOBODY does:… Read More ›
Lucy Irvine’s New Book “Cherries”! “Castaway” Author’s New Work! Real-Life Catastrophe!
One of my favorite Authors is back! From Author Lucy Irvine: “If anything links the tropical island and Bulgarian stories, it’s the theme of individuals or couples living among, rather than with, those of another culture. People on peripheries or… Read More ›
Ramen “Too Disgusting To Eat!” World’s Worst Ramen! Most Bizarre Restaurants!
This incredible story of Ramen begins with a tweet – and this photo: Fellow wordpress blogger Melissa tweeted me this picture – “55 uses for Ramen” – so why did she do this? Well, here is the story: first, a… Read More ›
Cliffhanger Dining! China’s Terrifyingly Delicious Cliff Restaurant!
Let’s do some “Cliffhanging!” Remember the classic Sylvester Stallone movie where he literally hangs off the side of the earth? Well, what if he was eating some Pork Fried Rice at the same time! It could make it a bit… Read More ›
“Faraway!” Lucy Irvine’s “Castaway” Sequel! More Amazing Island Escapes!
“The sun is spread, hot and arched, above the reef like a woman in abandon, sky shimmering like glistening skin…” Yes, it is paradise: this picture of a resort in the Solomon Islands…a gorgeous escape, the adventure of a lifetime…but… Read More ›
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