Category Archives: Travel

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December 29, 2020 – 3:32 pm

Back in 2012 the BBC reported that former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi held a bunga-bunga party featuring strippers in nun uniforms for his guest. Each dancer was paid $2000 for her performance plus tips. This information came to light during the testimony of a dancer. One of her compatriots was rewarded with the post of […]

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Batten Kill Railroad

December 28, 2020 – 2:31 pm

Greenwich, New York is a small village north of Troy. The farming community lays atop a ridge east the the Hudson River and the traffic along Route 29 are mostly logging trucks and pick-ups. A rebel flag hung for the house next to the fire station. This was Trump Country, even though the village had […]

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Driving through South Hill by peter Nolan Smith

December 19, 2020 – 9:13 pm

Three years ago Paige and Ten Rings Steve announced that they were getting married in Richmond. I loved the young couple, but was surprised by their request that I perform the wedding ceremony. “I don’t believe in God.” “We know, but you do believe in love,” said Paige. “I won’t take no for an answer. […]

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Iowa Snow

December 16, 2020 – 12:28 pm

Many people living on the East and West Coasts of America refer to the land in between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as the fly-over. The State of Iowa is in the center of the United States. The nearest big city is Chicago. Most of its residents are devoted to growing corn. The Federal government […]

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ROUGH ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

November 18, 2020 – 12:18 pm

Peru was under siege in 1995. The War of Drugs had replaced the War against the Shining Path. The capitol city Lima was cool, but I had unsuccessfully spent the better part of two days trying to score a bag of cocaine. The airport police fingered me as a user and an undercover squad tailed […]

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