Berniegourley

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• Snowden’s Muddled Message

  Also posted in my blog, Strategic Ramblings. Edward Snowden is once again the headline leader. The man some consider a whistle-blower and others think a... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Isla Contoy Egret

  

  Take in the summer of 2009. Tags: birds, egret, Isla Contoy, Mexico, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travel, wildlifeBy B... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: A Search in Secret India by Paul Brunton

  

  A Search in Secret India by Paul Brunton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page A Search in Secret India is a travelogue by Paul Brunton as he wondered through... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Haiku from My Daily Walk

  Hazy hilltop morn, a resting hiker looks like a granite Buddha Chicks chirp noisily each tremor anticipates mamma coming home Tags: haiku, nature,... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Berry Season

  

  Taken July 6, 2013 on the Arabia Mountain Trail Tags: arabia mountain, berries, Georgia, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, picturesBy B... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Everyday Life in Imperial Japan by Charles Dunn

  

  Everyday Life In Imperial Japan by Charles J. Dunn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This interesting little book is invaluable for anyone researching what... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Down the Stream

  

  Taken July 6, 2013 on the Arabia Mountain Trail Tags: arabia mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures,... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Colors of Szentendre

  

  Taken in July of 2011. This is a movie theater in the town of Szentendre, which is located north of Budapest on the Danube. Tags: colors, Danube,... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Gas Station Cambodia-style

  

  Taken in October of 2012 near Siem Reap. The world runs on petrol, but not all gas stations are alike. In rural Cambodia, where motor scooters are seconded by... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Happy 237th, America

  

  America is the product of a set of exceptional human beings. Some may wish to humanize the founding fathers and to deflate the mythology that has grown up aroun... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Between the Crosses, Row on Row

  

  Taken December of 2012 at Andersonville National Cemetery At a military cemetery like this one, a poem always plays in my mind. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 SOCIETY

• DAILY PHOTO: Chanterelle

  

  Take June 29, 2013; High Falls, GA Tags: chanterelle, food, Georgia, High Falls, Mushroom, nature, outdoors, photographs, photography, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

• DAILY PHOTO: Hudson River Traffic

  

  Taken in the summer of 2007 Tags: Coast Guard, ferry, New York City, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in New York,... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Paprikahaus

  

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  Posted on 30 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Iconic Prague

  

  Taken in the summer of 2002. Tags: church, Czech Republic, photographs, photos, pictures, Prague, spires, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Czech... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Shells and Skulls

  

  Taken in the summer of 2012 at Sapelo Island This was taken in a classroom on Sapelo Island that is used to educate field trip children about marine life. Less... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Cash Offerings in the Ming Tombs

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2008, outside Beijing This didn’t turn out so well because in the Ming tombs it’s dark as… well, a tomb. However, it was interesting to... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Bronze Nude on Margit Island

  

  Taken in 2011; Budapest, Hungary Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on Tumblr Pin ItEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Mountainside Vermilions

  

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  Posted on 20 June 2013 TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: World War Z by Max Brooks

  

  World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page World War Z, as the subtitle suggests, is written as a series o... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 BOOKS