Some years back, my wife and I were approached by a lady from abroad while traveling through an airport. The lady mistook my wife for a popular actress. When she approached us and said she was a fan, my wife graciously informed the lady she was mistaken. However, I do not think the lady believed…
To quote the late great football play by play radio announcer, the voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, Larry Munson “get the picture”. February 1964. A cold day in Goteborg, Sweden. Art connoisseurs are enjoying the opening of a new art exhibition inside the warm halls of a gallery. The new works of artists from several…
It has been said by many that “knowledge is power”. Some have attributed the quote to the English philosopher Francis Bacon. Others opine that it originated from an old Sanskrit saying. Whatever the source, there is merit to the motto. I had the good fortune to grow up in Houston County, Georgia. Those from…
Shangri-la is a fictional location high in the Himalayan mountains. It is the product of the imagination of the British author James Hilton who used it as the setting of his 1933 novel “Lost Horizon”. Those familiar with the novel or the movies made from it know that it was a place intentionally kept secret…