A courtroom is an ideal setting for the dramatic playing out of conflict between two sides of an issue, the heart of all compelling stories. Here are five classics in the genre.
Archives for October 2013
Colorado Calling
Colorado is an immense state (8th largest in the US) with four national parks, 41 state parks and more than 50 mountains that soar more than 4000 metres above sea level. From the Blue Bear to the Blues Train, the Centennial State offers a kaleidoscope of attractions.
Baja Sexto
Images of cowboys, Mariachi Singers, flags of our country, state and Hispanic neighbors, reminded her of her childhood growing up in once upon a time rural Santa Clara Valley.
Voyager 1 – The Little Spacecraft That Could
Recently, NASA confirmed that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has indeed reached interstellar space. Apart from it’s incredible journey, longevity and amazing accomplishments, consider these amazing facts.
Tarmac Meditations #134: Eying the Long Run
Home at last, arm in a sling. The ablation procedure went so well that the docs had a clear view of some other stuff: “so how about we put in a pacemaker… for long-term success?”
Bass Player
A street street musicians in Brussels playing a standup bass.
Neddie’s Harbour Inn And The Black Spruce
Most dining establishments with a view think they can get away with second rate food. Not so at The Black Spruce tucked away in Newfoundland’s UNESCO World Heritage Site Gros Morne Park.
The Vertigo of Attraction
Looking up from the ground, a vertigo inducing view of the female form and a sea-scape as something more than a pleasing composition
Ian’s Coffee Stop
Never underestimate the power of a community. Most people would see at first glance a quickly deteriorating art-deco building in the heart of a city. This is simply the veneer, the real story lies a little deeper.
A New Course
I remember the feeling, as if the universe had stepped from the darkened wings of my life and escorted me on a new trajectory in the orbit of my existence.