By Tom Allin
As we entered each area of the cloister there was a detailed map and description of what you would see. That was the good news. The bad news is most of the time Nancy and I couldn’t understand where we were on the map. But what the heck we enjoyed everything we saw.
The church has one nave with cross-altars. We walked into the nave and our cameras started clicking.
By Ron Munden — September 12, 2018
The agenda for the September 13, 2018, City Commission meeting contains these items:
6. ORDINANCES
A. Consider approval of an Ordinance repealing Section 2-12 of Chapter 2, Administration of Ordinances of the City of Marshall, TX, entitled “Annual Sales Tax Appropriation for Streets Projects,” which requires that a certain percentage of the local sales tax be appropriated to maintaining and improving city streets. (Acting City Manager)
B. Consider approval of an Ordinance to adopt the annual budget of the City of Marshall, Texas, for the 2019 fiscal year. (Acting City Manager)
Item A will remove a city requirement that at least 25% of the city sales taxes will be spent on street maintenance. Item B approves the City’s 2019 budget. It is my understanding that the budget does not meet the 25% requirement for street repairs.
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By Tom Allin
Yes, you read that correctly: Part I. This is going to be a three-part photo essay because I went crazy with the camera in the four plus hours we walked the grounds and buildings.
It was an easy drive that lasted about one and a half hours. As is so typical of the Italian countryside it was beautiful. We arrived, parked in a large parking lot (not typical of Italy) with very few cars and only two or three buses, and set off for the entrance to this UNESCO World Heritage Carthusian monastery.
One of the reasons for all the photographs is this monastery is the largest monastery in Italy. One of the statistics is: 320 rooms and halls – thank god (no pun intended) not all the rooms are open. The oldest portion of the monastery is 450 years old or another way to think of its age is construction began in 1568. Most of the monastery was built in the Baroque style.
If 1568 is not old enough for your enjoyment remember the monastery was founded in 1306. The monastery was dedicated to one of Nancy’s and my favorite saints, Saint Lawrence. He was supposed to have been roasted alive on a griddle iron and is the patron saint for rotisserie owners – you just can’t make things like this up.
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By Ron Munden
When I lived in the San Francisco Bay area, I wrote in my journal each day. These were my thoughts in 2001.
I wrote this story on the 5th anniversary of 9/11. I now look back at it each time the calendar approaches that date. At the time I wrote the journal entries I was living just outside of San Francisco.
As the 5th anniversary of 9/11 approached, I pulled my journal for 2001. It refreshed my memories about what I was thinking right after the attack. Here is what I read:
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The Day the U.S. was Attack
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By Claudia Lowery
Center Stage Cuisine columnist for the former Piney Woods Live entertainment magazine
I doubt I’m the only person around Marshall that feels the need for a dose of atmosphere and an occasional attempt to hide a few hours to collect thoughts, visit with a bestie, or have a quiet heart-to-heart under a small-town towering shade tree. A new getaway spot right in the heart of downtown Marshall is hidden from view, but if you’re in-the-know, or curious enough to ask how to find it, it’s easy enough to find. Take a walk through Blissmoor Valley Ranch store at 208 N. Washington St. and walk to the back where a cozy lunch counter and room becomes The Blue Frog, a lunch and catering business with special evening events. But the hideout I speak of is literally…. off the chart. Keep walking until you are out the backdoor. Like stepping through Alice’s looking glass the exit enters another world, The Alley Downtown Marshall.
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The Chernobyl Museum in Kiev, Ukraine
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Editor`s note:
Jerry Kenney is a travel writer in Northern California. He is a frequent traveler. He has been on all the seven continents and visited 125 countries in every parts of the world.
Bb> ” … the greatest technological disaster in human history!” — Anatolly Koliadin
My wife and I visited the Chernobyl Museum in Kiev, Ukraine in August of 2013. Our tour group met Anatolly Koliadin, who had worked in the nuclear power plant during the disaster. Our guide translated as he talked to us.
Anatolly Koliadin, an electrical engineer, was born in Russia. In 1985, he was sent to the Ukraine to work at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. His job was to manage alarms and the electronic systems used to monitor the performance of the four nuclear reactors.
Anatolly was at home with his wife at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when the nuclear power facility experienced catastrophic failure. Because it was pitch dark, and all electrical power was immediately lost, no one could see precisely what had happened. To address the lack of information and the potential danger, Chernobyl’s managers established three priorities.
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