If the global warming progresses as some predict the oceans will rise significantly and possibly 1,500 years from now the cities and localities we know today may be under water. Seems impossible but I imagine the Mayans never thought their flourishing world would one day be overtaken by the jungle. Copan is just one of the great Mayan cities with pyramids, temples, and where art flourished.
Murder, misperception and mirth come to Monkswell Manor as SUNY Oswego’s student honors production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” takes the Hewitt ballroom stage in March. For a “Clue” to the approach of director Ana Richardson in staging the classic whodunit, “The Mousetrap” will preview at 7:30 p.m. March 3, and run at 7:30 p.m. March 4, 5, 11 and 12, with a 2 p.m. finale on March 13.
Bringing to the stage the unforgettable story of “Tuesdays With Morrie” has become a family affair with father and son taking on the roles of Morrie Schwartz and Mitch Albom.
O’Henry is better known for “The Gift of the Magi” but he also wrote “Cabbages and Kings” based on his stay in Trujillo, where he fled in order to avoid being charged with embezzlement. He coined the phrase “Banana Republic.” The book was written in 1904 but not much has changed in Trujillo. Trujillo has a fascinating history.
The Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor on the University of Michigan’s campus has the President Ford’s baby book indicating that his birth name was Leslie Lynch King Jr. He didn’t change his name legally until he was 22. Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but was raised in Grand Rapids and graduated from the University of Michigan where he played football.
When John and I were on the last leg of our Blount Small Ship cruise, it included a visit to Hyde Park and West Point. The scenery along the Hudson River was beautiful as we passed by several lighthouses, under some bridges, and by some stunning countryside. It is easy to see why President Franklin Roosevelt said, “All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River.”
John and I were invited to a wedding in Louisville, Kentucky, so we arrived a day early so we could explore Louisville. It was our first trip to the city. We headed to the West Main District that has some of the oldest structures in the city including some with cast iron facades. We toured the Evan Williams Bourbon Museum.
Years ago when I read James Mitchner’s “Hawaii” I was impressed by the part that dealt with the leper colony which was contagious. So great was the fear of contraction Hansen’s Disease that, in Hawaii, those with the disease were sent to Kalaupapa on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. In 1883, Sister Cope received a plea for help caring for the leprosy sufferers from King Kalakaua. She replied, “I am not afraid of any disease, hence it would be my greatest delight even to minster to the abandoned lepers.”
Our Blount small cruise ship called Caribe Grande made several stops along the St. Lawrence River after leaving Montreal but first we went through the St. Lawrence Seaway locks. Like a stealth ship, while everyone was sleeping, we departed Montreal and traversed the South Shore Canal’s two locks. The St. Lawrence Seaway system is connected by five short canals that bypass the rapids. They include 15 locks 766 feet in length that are filled and emptied by gravity.
A bus tour of Quebec City was part of the Blount’s “Lakes, Legends and Canals” cruise John and I took. One place the bus stopped was high above the city at the Plains of Abraham where we learned that in 1759, during the Seven Years War, the British victory led to France losing possession of Canada. Most likely it is named after Abraham Martin who moved to the area in the 1600s.
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