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Jan.16.2013 What Americans Can Learn from the Vietnamese This is something I wrote (gulp!) more than 20 years ago. I'm re-posting it here because I think it is instructive regarding the financial problems we are facing here in the US 21 years later. When I visited Vietnam in 1990, the country was suffering from sporadic bouts of...	Nov.01.2011 Shine as gold Dreams are shattered and scattered When wrong arena is entered Same hands may run after you and blood hungry As they have lost the patience and became angry His one word was law Whole desert kingdom echoed it to allow Millions spread the message of savior He was considered as...
Oct.05.2011 Walk alone Even if you repeat lines hundred times Life and age may not stop sometimes It has to move on and on Whether it is lot or won What is not good if you walk alone? It is not going to devastate like cyclone You cans till bear a good smile Life is thrilling as such meanwhile...	Feb.25.2011 Pappy Smith From Latvia to England, South Africa, Canada then Detroit in 95 years Pappy Smith died while playing chess at ninety five with a twelve year old girl. Pappy's legal first name was Wolf but everyone called him Pappy for so long that few people knew that Wolf Smith was born Wolg Schoychat in Riga, Latvia. He was the younger brother of Bear and Lion. His dad, a...
Oct.12.2010 Golden Leaf One of the pleasures of traveling to publicize one’s book is meeting with other authors who you may never have gotten to know otherwise. This past weekend at Wordstock in Portland, I had the great honor to be on a panel discussing writing about war with Matt Bors, a graphic novelist just back from...	Mar.22.2010 What Kind Of Gold The knees of the old hills were spread with green chenille quilts. Far above them stretched a pale blue and gauzy sky. Here I was, tromping along a trail built by gold miners in 1949, men with fevered by the prospect of instant wealth. I was dazzled by the sight of wildflowers and a rushing...
Jan.07.2010 Epiphany and Blumenthal Epiphany marks the visit of Wise Men's to the baby Jesus. We all know they brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. I am happy to celebrate the event with a galette des rois but creative British chef Heston Blumenthal took it one step further, he created a dinner based on these gifts and much...	Feb.13.2009 You Might Be a Writer If... A week of skiing has given me a whole new perspective on the idiosyncracies of writers, at least this one. It's amazing where stories show up, and, honestly, what a writer will do for a story. You might be a writer if, in the face of imminent doom and personal destruction, you'll do anything to...
Dec.03.2008 Plunder Blog! Panama. Canadian corporate gold plunder and ecological devastation. Canadian companies Petaquilla Gold Panama and Petaquilla Copper Ltd. are devastating the Donoso y La Pintada forests to extract gold, copper and other minerals. Rivers are polluted and new diseases are now developing. The plan is to extract some 300.000 to 600.000 ounces of gold worth somewhere...