Recent Updates


TRAVEL & FOOD

  • (Aug 23, 2009)  Little west and north of Monticello, VA is the beautiful Shenandoah National Park.  It doesn't have towering mountains like the Rockies, nor impressive rivers, valleys or falls like Yosemite.  But it does have tranquility and colorful seasons filled with wild flowers, berries and smaller animals.  It is a place to hike, to ponder, and to relax.  read more ...
  • (Aug 21, 2009)  Monticello is the home of Thomas Jefferson who was one of the key founding fathers of America and drafted the celebrated Declaration of Independence.   It takes few days of ride from Washington D.C. by horse or carriage in his days; now less than few hours by car.  A perfect and wonderful excursion when visiting D.C.,  read more ...
  • (July 29, 2009)  Montana is the home of Glacier National Park, one of the most beautiful natural beauties you can find in North American and the world.  It has changed much since Lewis and Clark's expedition passed by over 200 years ago except the addition of Indian Reservations and domestication of bisons.  read more ...
  • (July 25, 2009)  According to Lyman Frank Baum's children novel of 1900 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the way to the Land of Oz is from Kansas.  Let us visit Kansas.  read more ...

ARTS & LITERATURE

  • (July 6, 2009)  Did you know Taiwanese Salman living in clear water of high mountains used to be swimming in the Pacific Ocean a very long time ago?   read more ...

SOCIAL & POLITICAL

  • (July 5, 2009)  Why are there continuing political disputes and unrest in so many countries despite the claim of Rule by Law?   read more ...