Today I went for a stroll down by the old harbour in the historic seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset. The late winter sun came out and promised that warmth is soon to return.
As I passed by the harbour master’s offices, I glanced up to a small, weathered plaque high up on the wall that I hadn’t noticed before. I stepped closer to read it and then felt the hairs on the back of my neck rise and goosebumps on my arms…
Phew! That’s quite some plaque…
In a former British colony, Marilyn learns about its history and explores its beauties
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As the year draws to an end, Jayita’s visit to a religious landmark inspires her to wish world peace for us all
This iconic tree along The 17 Mile Drive is always a beautiful picture.
Of all the grand features of Paris’s Grands Magasins, Paul Heymont’s favorite is the stained glass dome at Printemps
DrFumblefinger shares images of a Lewis and Clark statue he spotted on the Boise State Capitol grounds.
After I wrote a few words about the floating fisherman’s villages in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, I was asked by
The sign of times soon to come! This was my first summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge in England and I love the picture because it heralds the warm sunny days that are yet to come (please!) after the dark days of winter. The solstice sun-rises are the only occasions these days when the public are allowed to be within touching distance of the old stones that comprise ‘the Henge’.
From his shoebox, Mac pulls another incredible image of Tallinn
The story of the Black Death and it’s ongoing effects over the centuries is a fascinating one. One of the most evocative places I’ve been in England was to Eyam in Derbyshire, where houses have signs posted at the sidewalks for passersby to know the individuals and families taken by the plague. The village is not an empty museum site, but a living place, attached firmly to it’s history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyam One of my all-time favorite books is ‘Year of Wonders’, by Geraldine Brooks, telling of living through the plague in such a village. Very moving. Thanks, Mac, for this bit of the puzzle, the beginning. Very important.
Amazing how a small bacteria can change the history of the world….