Category Archives: Travel

Meet India’s Buttermilk Uncle

Posted on April 27, 2016 by annetbell

If you are in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, buttermilk is your quintessential quick-fix remedy to beat the sweltering heat. There’s no way that you can step out of the house without having your fill for the day. And just in … Continue reading →

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Through Their Eyes and Into Their Hearts

Posted on April 22, 2016 by annetbell

Monday night  was  the exhibition of our trip to India in 2015.   It was a story on  a wall of photographs, sketches, funny photos with funnier quotes, a wall of student architectural designs, and all covered by colorful scarves … Continue reading →

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Split, Croatia

Posted on April 7, 2016 by annetbell

  Split, Croatia on the Dalmatian Coast with a not so hidden secret! As you can see from the map above, the old city is built in the ruins  of the Roman Emperor Diocletian’s  4th C palace. When it was … Continue reading →

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

Posted on April 6, 2016 by annetbell

We love walking on ancient walls built for protection of  medieval cities.  You may remember the wall walking we did at Derry in Northern Ireland. Here is a picture of a section of the wall  in Dubrovnik  that was destroyed … Continue reading →

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“The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown

Posted on April 2, 2016 by annetbell

For my readers. . . .  .* * * * *  This is a wonderful story, wonderfully written.  Brown’s descriptive writing in this nonfiction narrative story includes  word pictures of the Dust Bowl, the Depression, Germany as Hitler began taking … Continue reading →

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The Most Unusual “Thank You Note”

Posted on March 29, 2016 by annetbell

Columnists Fidel Castro Releases a Very ‘Thanks But No Thanks’ Op-Ed About Obama’s Cuban Efforts by Lindsey Ellefson | 1:45 pm, March 28th, 2016 Everyone is talking about President Barack Obama‘s recent trip to Cuba, which involved joint pressers with … Continue reading →

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India Dreaming. . . . . . Holi

Posted on March 24, 2016 by annetbell

  12:46 AM EST MAR 24, 2016  Wall Street Journal Staff India celebrates Holi, the all-colorful Hindu festival on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know about the festival which has people across the world digging their hands deep into … Continue reading →

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“Why I Love India” Pretty Much Says It All!

Posted on March 18, 2016 by annetbell

Namaste! I couldn’t resist this sweet video !

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Can Cricket Promote Peace?

Posted on March 17, 2016 by annetbell

Viewpoint: Can India-Pakistan cricket promote peace? By Shashi Tharoor Indian parliamentarian 16 March 2016 From the section India Pakistan and India supporters watch the match in the stands during the fifth Pakistan v India one-day international match played at the … Continue reading →

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Chrisitian Persecution in India

Posted on March 15, 2016 by annetbell

 Christian persecution by Hindus rises in India, say humanitarian groups By Perry Chiaramonte Published March 14, 2016 This is  world wide persecution.  The US government is resisting calling the persecution and religious killings in the Middle East , genocide. I … Continue reading →

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