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September 2018

September 13, 2018

Let’s Be Frank— Ben Franklin Part Two

Ben Franklin maximized the potential of maxims. He added lots of adages. He was proverbially...

September 12, 2018

Let’s be Frank— Ben Franklin Part One

There are, at most only a handful of detailed biographies of the Founding Fathers that...

September 11, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Seventy Five

Ever since Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which came out in 1989, I've wanted...

September 10, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Seventy Four

Even for those who don't follow the red line to the end and climb up...

September 09, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Seventy Three

There is far too much to see at Petra, to do it all in part...

September 08, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Seventy Two

We will end this pictorial odyssey by visting one of my favorite places to visit---...

September 07, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Seventy One

Something new on this visit was we stopped at the pottery workshop where they make...

September 06, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Seventy

Here is the Church of the Apostles.... It has a large central nave, with mosaic...

September 05, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty Nine

Certainly one of my favorite places to visit in Jordan is Madaba, home of the...

September 04, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Sixty Eight

Mt. Nebo is an important site for Christians, and there are quite a few churches...

September 03, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty Seven

One of the sites that I had not personally visited before was Bethany beyond Jordan,...

September 02, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty Six

Jerash is yet another of the cities of the Greek Decapolis. The Biblical name is...

September 01, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty Five

We are now heading into Jordan, and the first stop is Amman, the capital city...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty Four

By now, unless one has been in a coma since 1947, you have heard of...

August 30, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty Three

On the back side of Bethlehem there are several important sites, shepherd's fields for one,...

August 29, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Sixty Two

The garden tomb is a nice site near the old city of Jerusalem to give...

August 28, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel and Jordan– Part Sixty One

Without question, one of the most visited sites in all of the Holy Land is...

August 27, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Sixty

Bethlehem is sadly today a city surrounded by a wall erected by the Israelis. One...

August 26, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Fifty Nine

Once one emerges into the light again at the City of David dig, one sees...

August 25, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Fifty Eight

The City of David archaeological site has been developing in a rapid fashion, and now...

August 24, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Fifty Seven

One of my favorite sites, still under excavation is the ancient Pool of Siloam (not...

August 23, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel and Jordan— Part Fifty Six

The Church of All Nations, like the Chapel in Shepard's Field in Bethlehem is the...

August 23, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Fifty Five

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which goes back to the time of Queen Helena...

August 22, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Party Fifty Four

Along the cardo there are of course food shops as well.... Name that fruit! Needless...

August 21, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Fifty Three

The Cardo Maximus (or Roman equivalent of Market St.) runs right through the old city...

August 20, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel and Jordan– Part Fifty Two

There are actually not that many places where one can say with certainty 'I'm walking...

August 19, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians– is Crazy Good

And now for something completely different. It's been over two decades since there has...

August 19, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Fifty One

While all roads do not lead to Jerusalem and its environs, that's where we must...

August 18, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan– Part Fifty

The Golan Heights are at present occupied by Israel, but they used to belong to...

August 17, 2018

Exploring Greece, Israel, and Jordan— Part Forty Nine

Certainly one of my favorite sites to visit is another Caesarea, Caesarea Philippi in the...

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