Local Pre-Trip Adds Special Moments to Vietnam Tour
January 31, 2019 By Les Conklin Look & Listen Before You Go! If you live in the northeast Valley of the Sun and environs, here’s an inexpensive idea that can enrich your next visit to a distant land. Before you get on that cruise ship or airplane to begin your dream vacation, make a “pre-trip” to the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in northeast Phoenix. The second floor of the museum has an exhibit for every...
Incredible Photographic Gifts Received & Shared
January 22, 2019 By Les Conklin Every year I make a personal donation to Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that provides Wikipedia. Wikipedia is my favorite information resource and something that I use almost every day. What does Wikimedia do? “We are the people who keep knowledge free. There is an amazing community of people around the world that makes great projects like Wikipedia. We help them do that work. We take care...
Vanishing Breed by Stephanie Bradley
This poem by Stephanie Bradley was selected by judges as the winner of the 2016 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest, What’s Worth Preserving Category. Elegant in movements, with swift and easy gaits, robust roans and muscular bays ” gallop! with tails out straight. Mares’ manes fly free, combed by the wind while foals cavort in unbridled, equine whim. What magic to witness such strength and purity Of horses...
Happy 2019 to Airport Wheel Chair Pushers
Seeing & Doing: Kick to Bucket List Results in Speedy Tour of International Airports By Les Conklin Christmas Eve 2018 found me sprawled on the floor of Room 1009 of the Central Palace Hotel in Ho Chi Min City (Saigon), Vietnam. No, I wasn’t waiting to surprise Santa. I had planned to connect to the hotel’s Wi-Fi, spend a few minutes checking email and posting an article or two to The Peak. Unfortunately, the ottoman that I...
Sneak Peeks: Scottsdale Water Stories
October 30, 2018 By Les Conklin President, Greater Pinnacle Peak Association About two months ago, The Peak began publishing the email newsletters from all the candidates for Scottsdale City Council. Before I publish the newsletters, I read every one of them. “Peeks at Scottsdale 2018 Views & News” Councilman David Smith’s October 28th newsletter discusses how Scottsdale plans and manages its water...
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