World Portraits: Sabkha
Umm Said, Qatar…Sabkha is an Arabic name for a salt-flat or very saline areas of sand or silt lying just above the water-table. The salt crust can easily support the weight of a human and sometimes cars. While unseen in the image, a solid desert of white sand sits only yards beyond the flat.
Perseverance
There is a repulsive trend in society that we need to stomp out like a dandelion before it spreads. Psychologists call it the “Wow, look what I did!” syndrome. Then, there are others who humbly support the world at large, like Adnan. Adnan Gill: A hero of perseverance Last year, I was volunteering at a charity […]
World Travels: Open Again
As Lebanon searches for ways to bring the country and tourism back, it turns to the food that made it famous, while giving an emphatic YES to the question: Will food be Lebanon’s savior? Beirut has always been kind to me. Eating has always been a guilty pleasure where the only thing more exciting than […]
In Case You Missed Them…Stories You’ll Like
Greetings from the grill. Yes, the last day of the season. Time to put away the whites and close your pool. Only a few issues. Half the United States is flooded. The other half is burning and the last half is on fire…literally. Yeah I know, that’s three halves, which only works if you are […]
World Portraits: Escape
Maalula Village, Syria—According to legend, Saint Tekla was stalked by an unforgiving, scorned fiancé who tried repeatedly to kill her for her religious beliefs. Eventually she sought refuge in a grotto in the cliff around the bend where a convent — now named in her honor — was built. She used this escape route to move […]
Huge Food – What’s a Media Guy to Do?
Blueberry Muffin Then: 1.5 ounces, 210 calories Now: 5 ounces, 500 calories I ran across Katie Robbins who’s a writer for Psychology Today, theatlantic.com, LA Weekly, among others and she had some choice words for the food preparers of America. Her take is simple: Why are we being fed so much?! “With bucket-sized […]
