These words about American freedoms were found on display at the Hagerstown Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) together with the works of Norman Rockwell. Sharing lessons of the past for today...
Happy Birthday America!
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Thursday, July 4, 2019
Freedom of Speech - Freedom to Worship - Freedom from Want - Freedom from Fear
Four Freedoms - Norman Rockwell and FDR
These words about American freedoms were found on display at the Hagerstown Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) together with the works of Norman Rockwell. Sharing lessons of the past for today...
Happy Birthday America!
These words about American freedoms were found on display at the Hagerstown Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) together with the works of Norman Rockwell. Sharing lessons of the past for today...
Happy Birthday America!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Foreign Coinage
Foreign Coinage
The traveler returning home is frequently loaded down with spare change from the countries visited. These small amounts of foreign currency seldom are exchangeable for one's local currency, or if a bank will accommodate an exchange, the rate is very disadvantageous for such small change. Thus coins like the ones shown in this post are unwilling captives to the laws of foreign exchange and if saved over the years become small mementos of time spent in a specific nation during a certain time period. There are many coins in my collection of small coinage reflecting passage in Africa and Asia. And for those who may still want to try to turn in their spare change for some value paid here's some links with recommendations http://traveltips.usatoday.com/can-one-exchange-foreign-currency-coins-100667.html and http://www.ehow.com/way_5285182_can-exchange-foreign-currency-coins_.html.
The traveler returning home is frequently loaded down with spare change from the countries visited. These small amounts of foreign currency seldom are exchangeable for one's local currency, or if a bank will accommodate an exchange, the rate is very disadvantageous for such small change. Thus coins like the ones shown in this post are unwilling captives to the laws of foreign exchange and if saved over the years become small mementos of time spent in a specific nation during a certain time period. There are many coins in my collection of small coinage reflecting passage in Africa and Asia. And for those who may still want to try to turn in their spare change for some value paid here's some links with recommendations http://traveltips.usatoday.com/can-one-exchange-foreign-currency-coins-100667.html and http://www.ehow.com/way_5285182_can-exchange-foreign-currency-coins_.html.
My Globe circa 1980's
My Globe circa 1980's
Since my younger years I have been a fan of maps and globes and their ability to educate and direct explorations to and around about places unknown. This globe harks back to the times of my youthful travels and is for me an artifact from my experiences around the world in Africa and Asia. I used a globe to understand latitude and longitude and once to develop an around the world ticket with Pan Am picking destinations not too far off a cost effective central latitude to keep my ticket in the thousand dollar price range. I understood the power of altitude as well to make a warm latitude cold and snowy or a sea level area dry and barren. I still think Kenya has the most beautiful climate and geography that I ever witnessed. Check out too that this map shows the Soviet Union as a unified block. We have lived through and survived changing times undoubtedly.
An excellent description of latitude and longitude is found at this link http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_latlong.html
Since my younger years I have been a fan of maps and globes and their ability to educate and direct explorations to and around about places unknown. This globe harks back to the times of my youthful travels and is for me an artifact from my experiences around the world in Africa and Asia. I used a globe to understand latitude and longitude and once to develop an around the world ticket with Pan Am picking destinations not too far off a cost effective central latitude to keep my ticket in the thousand dollar price range. I understood the power of altitude as well to make a warm latitude cold and snowy or a sea level area dry and barren. I still think Kenya has the most beautiful climate and geography that I ever witnessed. Check out too that this map shows the Soviet Union as a unified block. We have lived through and survived changing times undoubtedly.
An excellent description of latitude and longitude is found at this link http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_latlong.html
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