The coat of arms of Spain, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules bearing the motto Plus ultra Are you the Optimist we are looking for? <!– Optimistic thinkers never hide secrets in code–> That’s what it says (above) in the source code of the home page of Plus Ultra Society, leaves little doubt that there […]
Donald or Scrooge – A mural painted on a garage in an alley near Roosevelt Row in central Phoenix, Arizona. This location is just north of Garfield and 2nd Avenue, in the most colorful alley in town. Now that I blog everyday, in freestyle mode, without a topic or agenda and with only one purpose, […]
As I’ve mentioned before in this blog, topics that are negative, mean-spirited, insulting to someone other than myself or instill fear, will be excluded because I don’t want to add to those thoughts and ideas. The weather was once the safest thing to talk about with anyone, not anymore, now that we’re in Grand Solar […]
Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) – Paignton Zoo, Devon – May 2019 It’s true Number Magic as All the people in the world are of the same age this year! It’s amazing: this year all the people in the world are all in the same age group, all equal to 2019. Just like number magic, this […]
Every day I ride my bicycle around the 1,000 acre park, it’s ten kilometres and takes about 45 minutes if you don’t stop. It’s my Recreation Addiction, probably a pro could ride the loop in half the time it takes me, since I intentionally ride to make it last and try to take as much […]
I met a beautiful women from Beijing, at Kitsilano Beach. On an impulse I invited her to the Chinese Opera and to my delight she said yes. It wasn’t completely planned or by accident, the tickets had been given to me by friends, one of whom was singing in the cast of performers. To protect […]
My entire life I’ve held a reverence for giant trees, even planted a couple hundred thousand seedlings in British Columbia, in hopes they would one day fill the patches that had been logged but always in my travels, I’ve been in awe of ancient trees. Today I was researching the Cedars of Lebanon to discover […]
Lion of Judah on a Rasta Van Once upon a time, I was in Haight-Ashbury of San Francisco and bought a huge fabric mural wall hanging of Bob Marley with a smile, which adorns an entrance wall in my home. It completely covers the wall with Rasta colors, and has a Lion of Judah in […]
Liberty is Free from Permission Protect a Free and Open Society. Private property is your privacy, it belongs to you. ~ These are the words of Edward Snowden at the Bitcoin 2019 Conference, live by video feed from an undisclosed location in Russia, to an eager packed hall in San Francisco of people in support […]
Anything as fun as speedboats on a hot summer day? Growing-up as a boy there was a rule in my family, on a Friday afternoon we were to be at the marina, with all supplies, food, gas and cooler jammed with beverages on ice and ready to depart the moment Dad arrived after work. We’d […]
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