May Peace Prevail on Earth: Peace Poles
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein Created in Japan in 1955, markers known as Peace Poles have become international symbols […]
Category Archives: Grain of Sand
Happy World Turtle Day
Q: What does a turtle do on World Turtle Day? A: It shellebrates! Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Today-May 23rd- is World Turtle Day. Sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue, the purpose […]
‘S’ is for Solar Power. The only energy source this airplane uses is sunshine
In the middle of exciting plans and preparations for a history-making flight around the world in 2015, Swiss based program Solar Impulse seems to have found it’s place in the […]
From Argentina to Alaska in a Teenie Weenie Car
Parked in a little side street just off 5th avenue in Playa del Carmen was the ‘Brasita del Fuego’: a tiny Fiat 600. Bright red and covered in stickers, it […]
Take a Walk Down Gingerbread Lane and Support a Great Cause
The sugar and spice scent of gingerbread is in the air today near the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver. It is the opening day for Gingerbread Lane, a […]
Funny Signs-San Francisco
Hmm…well this is more scary than funny, but who would eat here after seeing this??? I would guess that it is put there by law, much like the warning labels […]
What Can We Do to Lessen the Impact that Travel has on the Environment?
The reason we travel is to experience the beauty that this world holds. And there really are so many phenomenal places. Ironically though, our desires to experience these wonders are […]
