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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

"Blindness" by Jose Saramago--terrifying look at society falling apart

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  Blindness  reached out and grabbed me from the first page.  A very ordinary scene of cars waiting for a traffic introduces the horror to c...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

International Neighborhood Near the Panama Canal

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  Less than a kilometer from my AirBnb is a short road that connects a residential area with the main bus route to the city.  At one end is ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Two Weeks of Fog Watch: There's No Boredom Like Army Boredom

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In the spring of 1977, my tank unit, 1st Battalion, 70th Armor, went to Grafenwohr, West Germany, for annual gunnery training.   Tens of tho...
Saturday, December 7, 2024

The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan

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After the election in America last month, I decided to read The Peloponnesian War  by Donald Kagan.  During that 30-year-long war from 431-...
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Monday, December 2, 2024

Sunken Sailboat in a Beautiful Bay: Relaxed Life Near the Panama Canal

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Above is bay I ride past along the Amador Causeway in Panama.  It's peaceful and beautiful with many different small boats.   About half...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Watching Ukraine Tank Battles in Panama: Maybe the Panama Canal will be the Next Battlefield

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  My AirBnB host in Panama watches a lot of tank battles from the War in Ukraine. We may go live near the Panama Canal soon if Trump carries...
Monday, November 25, 2024

Russian Embassy in my Panama Canal Neighborhood

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 The day after I returned to Panama we moved to a different AirBnB closer to Panama City in the Albrook area.  Less than a mile away on the ...