A trip back to my childhood A Kaleidoscope of color and gorgeous smells was awaiting me After more than 50 years I have revisited a special place in Holland, the world-famous Keukenhof. A spring garden which is a delight for one’s eyes. This huge park of 32 hectares, is beautifully laid…
Our Environment Will Suffer and if We are not Careful it Might be a Real Disaster. Friends of the Earth I got an email from Friends of the Earth and the news they supply is not good. The environment, which we should take good care of as it is the inheritance we will…
Archaeological Sites in Malaga/Spain, Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante/U.S.A. Malaga Spain I have always been interested in old things be it furniture, buildings or archaeological sites. I love stones and fossils and with the metal detector, I have found a couple of interesting things during my life. Living in the south of Spain…
The Buddha, a lot of snails and a spider The story of Prins Siddharta Gautama When I was a small girl living in Holland my Mother told me about the world religions. I found the story about Buddha very fascinating and my child’s imagination would travel in time and to that far away country…
Would You Like to Live in the First Organic City? The word Organic is widely used today but it is not what one can consider an “old” word. When one uses the word organic it describes produce which has been grown in a natural way, no man-made chemicals are used. The term “organic farming”…
Evidence of Prehistoric Civilizations 4 Summary of Previous episodes In the initial episode, I discussed my disbelief that the Great Sphinx was only 4,500 years old. My disbelief stemmed from erosion evidence and I gave information from documents that the last time the Sahara was wet enough to have anywhere near that quantity of…
The reforestation of our Planet is an immediate necessity Some time ago I wrote about the huge effort by India and Pakistan to plant millions of trees to combat Climate Change. This is an example to follow by all countries in the world. Recently a beautiful story came to my attention. It is…
2000 Million people have no access to clean water I have written before about your right to clean drinking water. Now, in January of 2018, I come across this sad news. 2000 million people have no clean water? That is a staggering figure don’t you think? This is new data from the World Health…
Prehistoric Civilizations: Egyptians, Sumerians, and the Ubaid People A Summary of Part 1 & 2 In my previous discussions, I postulate that the ancient Egyptians were not the great master builders we perceive them to be. My initial focus was on the Great Sphinx and I gave information that the head on the…
Genetics and Climate, is there a connection? Climate Change is altering the behavior of birds and even genetic changes can be observed. An article recently published in my Spanish newspaper Sur, really makes you think. No more seasons I have been living in the south of Spain since 1976 and I have observed…