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During my first journey through South America I visited 36 towns/cities in Ecuador. In Perú, I visited 41; in Chile, only five; and in Argentina, I visited 16. In Uruguay, I visited five, and in Brazil, three. And in Paraguay I have visited 26. In Colombia I've visited 85. That's 217 towns/cities in South America.

I'm in Chiclayo, Perú.



Different paths?

Aug 19, 2019

A good path and a not-so-good path, which to take?

Does life have different paths?

I decide to take a particular road and am then involved in an accident. Life would be different.

If I had left just 10 seconds later, would I have missed that accident? Life would be different.

If I had taken a different road, would I have missed that accident? Life would be different.

You decide to go out for dessert; you sit at one particular table facing a particular direction, would we have met? Life would be different.

What has happened to my home country?

Aug 5, 2019

Mass shootings in the first half of 2019 in the USA.

Another day, another mass shooting. 2019.

  • Dayton, Ohio - 9 dead, 27 injured
  • El Paso, Texas - 22 dead, 26 injured
  • Gilroy, California - 3 dead, 15 injured
  • Brooklyn, New York - 1 dead, 11 injured
  • Virginia Beach, Virginia - 12 killed, 4 injured

Mass shootings and shootings total 253 so far this year. That's more shootings than days.

First, in the map are many dots, each one represents a mass shooting. The map was put together by the Gun Violence Archive (www.shootingtracker.com). They consider a mass shooting as being 4 or more people shot and/or killed in one location and at one time. For reference, the FBI considers 3 or more to be a mass shooting.

Just this past week we have seen 4 mass shootings in my home country. What is wrong with that place? I'm struggling with what to make of it. My mind is boggled by what I see on the news. Never in my life has life in the US been so thrown out of sync, so far from the norm, upside-down. What's even more mind-boggling is how so many people continue to support the man who espouses hatred and racism, the man who encourages violence against other people simply because he himself doesn't like the color of their skin - who is that man? The Fool on the Hill, the President of the US.

The USA is number 1 in what?

July 28, 2019

A rock formation in the Santa Catalina Mountains beside Tucson, AZ.

People all over the world often think of the USA as the number 1 country in the world. People in the US think their country is the number one country in the world. While it is true the US is the number one economy in the world, in other categories the statistics tell another story.

I researched many categories of statistics for many countries, from various sources that rank countries, and present what I found below. From these various sources of information we learn that the USA is not numero uno in any categories that a US citizen can take pride in.

Fake news

June 5, 2018

A few landscape images of the interior of Colombia.

What is "fake news"?

Just what, exactly, is "fake news"? According to Mirriam-Webster:

"Fake news is, quite simply, news ('material reported in a newspaper or news periodical or on a newscast') that is fake ('false, counterfeit')."

The term actually dates back to the late 18th century, though was rarely used even then. Spreading false propaganda, lies, rumors, and misinformation dates back much further, to the 13th century BC, where we find Rameses the Great spreading false propaganda and lies in regards to the Battle of Kadesh. Even Benjamin Franklin wrote fake news about murderous "scalping" Indians working with King George III in an effort to sway public opinion in favor of the American Revolution. There are written records of such famous people as Marie Antoinette, Joseph Pulitzer, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

More about Colombian Coffee, web site redesign

Dec 26, 2017

Colombian coffee, some of the best in the world.

As you might have noticed I have made some changes to my website. The obvious changes are the colors and boxes that the various text parts are in. I also updated the photo album. And the not obvious updates you cannot see, are in the code behind the web pages. I have made big changes to the code, now it is all html5 and css3. This doesn't really mean anything to you who are reading these pages, it does mean that it is easier for me to make future changes and do maintenance.