Friday evening in Istanbul, Turkey, the Shale Crescent USA Team was part of a U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow to Turkey promoting U.S. investment. The week was invigorating but tiring. We traveled to Koceali and Ankara by bus. Then an early Friday morning flight from Ankara back to Istanbul ...
In 2002, my son Danny and his wife Mary Jo had begun trying to obtain a visa for Aaliyah, Danny鈥檚 Filipino stepdaughter, for nearly two years, but to no avail. It was very frustrating since Danny was an active, career U.S. Army sergeant. Upon returning from over a year of deployment in ...
I was born in 1955, at a time when the USA was entering a new age of technology characterized by the dawn of computing, and when we were first attempting to get a satellite into orbit. This was accomplished in 1958, and in 1961 President John F. Kennedy announced the initiative to put a man on ...
If you are a dog owner, the last few weeks have perhaps been a little more difficult in terms of trying to take them for walks 鈥� or even get them to go outside when necessary. My pit bull/husky mix got none of the husky鈥檚 tolerance for the cold, and all of the pit bull鈥檚 daintiness when ...
Valentine鈥檚 Day is Saturday, and all the love is in the air for sure! It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. It has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. The most popular ...
Hello. I am Maurita the Crochet Lady. This month, I decided to create a project for springtime. I was inspired by the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, but you can use any color(s) for the flowers. Each flower is on a circular motif base. I chose to join six of them together to form a ...
