Austin native Matt Blankenship Jr.- known to most as The Sometimes Island- has been living in Los Angeles, making music as a frontman and band leader, for over a decade. The name “The Sometimes Island” references a batch of islands near Austin- “Depending on the water level, the islan...
“Tell me the story of these beads,” I asked the vendor. He told me how the children in Senegal would find sea glass on the beach. The villagers would melt the glass down to form these beads of different sizes, The beads are slightly rough to the touch. I run my fingers across the...
June 16, 2016 — The headphones that revolutionized an industry are set to do it again — wirelessly. Today, Bose announces the QuietComfort 35 around-ear headphones and the QuietControl 30 in-ear headphones, both shattering the limitations of existing wireless noise cancelling headphones with an e...
I must admit that as I strolled once more through the ruins on the Acropolis or navigated the islands in the Cyclades which were once part of the Athenian Empire, it was hard not to imagine what Thucydides would make of all the escalatory actions that we are seeing right now. Would you...
a life well lived, a proud Hawaiian legacy, a poster boy for these islands that I came to adore. If you stroll past Duke on the way to the beach, give him my fondest regards! Filed under Hawaii, History, Inspirational people and tagged Duke Kahanamoku, Duke Kahanamoku's Club, father ...
To see these lovely older buildings in Bartlesville, is to understand the power of theoil and gas industry in Northern Oklahoma. In 1904, just 7 years after the first well was dug, there were 150 oil companies with an office in Bartlesville!
A Rhythm & Blues Opera in 2:21 October 21, 2021. Yesterday the monthly rent was due on our site at Top of Georgia Airstream Park. After writing the check I lugged it up the hill to pay, and the lyrics from a song famous over 60 years ago came to mind …“I’m gonna pay a deb...
My love for the Caribbean has taken me to more than 20 of these islands, and I continue to dream of them daily. I hope to visit all the others some day in the future (or at least live vicariously through your experiences :) ). ...
In times like these – and it seems like it’s getting more like “times like these” by the day – an evening of great music and escapist entertainment seems like just the thing. What did I know about the impact of Jews on Hollywood, or the presence of Jewish culture in American movi...
I was able to explore the giant lake and its countless islands. It’s funny how chores can become adventure when it’s something you don’t get to do every day. Every day families would return from a day of fishing and go to the “Cleaning House” which was a small shack designed ...