Category: Places
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Mar-a-Lago the Winter Whitehouse
Silicon Palms was incorporated in Florida on 9.9.99 and the first office was in Palm Beach County. Many times I have passed the gate of Mar a Lago but never entered, although I know it well by having lived nearby and enjoyed all the beaches and waterway surrounding this spectacular estate. Mar-a-Lago (/ˌmɑːrəˈlɑːɡoʊ/) is a…
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La Ceiba on the Gulf of Honduras
Today I was invited to La Ceiba, to work on a project in a modern city growing in Honduras, where locals and Expats are developing the community of the future. The plan is to construct a new hospital to provide health care services and improve the benefits for workers of luxury eco-resorts. (NOTE: new hospital…
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British Columbia in Winter
British Columbia in winter has a magic all of it’s own, not always sunshine and rainbows but when the combination of elements and weather conditions come together a majesty unfolds and wilderness becomes art. There is nothing quite like the “snow crater” that forms beneath Wells Gray Provincial Park’s Helmcken Falls in the winter. Wells…
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British Columbia Gold Rushes
Gold on my mind lately and learning for the first time about the Omineca Country, also the omineca geology of British Columbia and why the gold rushes happened. The word omineca was used in geology to describe a rift region of land, left behind after dramatic upheaval, followed by millions of years of glaciation and…
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Alignment of Planets to Mark the Fall of Babylon
Future proves past. Fall of Babylon written in the sky How many coincidences before mathematically impossible? Anyone who takes an interest in astrology will be aware that we are now experiencing the much heralded conjunction of Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter in the sign of Capricorn. Jupiter was the last to join the conjunction, entering Capricorn…
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Emerald Tablets and the Halls of Amenti
All day today, for some reason, I had this echoing reminder to post something about the Halls of Amenti, as it’s the most descriptive explanation of a place I’ve been trying to articulate experiences that have occurred to me, on two instances that I was distinctly aware of and very possibly another instance when I…
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Stone Town on Zanzibar the Spice Island
The name “Stone Town” comes from the ubiquitous use of coral stone as the main construction material; this stone gives the town a characteristic, reddish warm colour. Zanzibar exudes mystique in it’s name and rich history, earning it’s place in our collective mind; as the Spice Island. Lady Luck has given me another winning combo with an…
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I left my heart in Miami
I left my heart in Miami after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 leaving first for Costa Rica, then Brazil. It seemed ignorant of military history to begin another crusade into Babylon (region) and I felt it hypocritical of myself to voice my opinion, as a Canuck living in Florida, to oppose so strongly the…
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Sweet home Okanagan
Sweet home Okanagan title fits so well, borrowed from the famous rock anthem by Lynard Skynard, that it could very well have been written for the place where I grew up; the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. My family legend is that my father’s grandfather left Salt Lake City in 1888 headed for Vancouver because…
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Cameroon and the Bight of Bonny
Cameroon and the Bight of Bonny has completely captured my imagination now that I’ve been turned-on to it’s beauty and bounty. Most unique of countries that has been called the “Hinge” of West Africa and I’m sure it’s been called allot of things, since it was once a prized colony. Cameroon has the most diverse…