A drill instructor, in the blue sweatshirt, supervises mouth-guarded Marine recruits practicing martial arts on Parris Island.
After my misspent youth as a wage worker, I’m having so much more fun as a blogger, helping other discerning travellers plan fun and fascinating journeys. Read more …
byLeslie Carbone
I’m thrilled that two of my treasured SamSphere friends are finalists for 2008 Weblog Awards. Thurber’s Thoughts has been nominated for Best…
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Rusty orange leaves dotted grey-brown branches. Fruit-laden wreathes enlivened painted wooden doors and paned glass windows. Townspeople strolled the brick sidewalks in…
byLeslie Carbone
Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia is lovely, quaint, and heart-warming all year round, but never more so than during its Christmas season, which…
byLeslie Carbone
Tyrants Snooping on Americans (TSA) have installed a naked X-ray machine at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia. “Whole body imaging”…
byLeslie Carbone
For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Washington, D.C., Latter-Day Saints Temple in Kensington, Maryland, is holding an Open House…
byLeslie Carbone
My eyes welled up as I pushed the needle through the red fabric. I was replacing a button on a cape I’d…
OOORAAH! Too bad the Navy doesn’t teach this as well.
I wish there was a civilian version of this being taught.