Category Archives: Travel

Grey Crowned Crane

Posted on 09-October-2011 by

The Grey Crowned Crane is the national bird of Uganda.  A cartoon version of the crane appears on the Ugandan national flag. During my frequent visits to Uganda, I have seen several of pairs.  According to a Canon ad in … Continue reading →

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Bud Rusho and the Legend of Everett Ruess

Posted on 04-October-2011 by

The Sunday SLTrib (2 Oct 2011) had an article by Ben Fulton on “Works that capture Utah:  Here’s our list of the top 10 books that explain this extraordinary place.”  One of the books on the list was written by … Continue reading →

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Short Videos for Family Home Evenings

Posted on 19-September-2011 by

I have posted a variety of short videos on the website:  http://www.youtube.com/user/rogerdhansen.  They are on subjects like: Outdoor activities:  bouldering, hiking slot canyons, bicycling, kayaking, sandboarding, ATVing Outdoor scenery:  Grand Canyon of the San Rafael, Muddy Creek, Spiral Jetty Informational:  … Continue reading →

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The Wandering Gene

Posted on 21-August-2011 by

According to an article in The New Yorker by Elizabeth Kolbert (15&22 Aug 2011): . . . By about 45,000 years ago, modern humans had already reached Australia, a journey that, even mid-ice age, meant crossing open water.  Archaic humans … Continue reading →

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The Psychology of Everett Ruess

Posted on 20-August-2011 by

The following is exerpts from a book review by Gary James Bergera (SLTrib 19 Aug 2011).  The book:  Pulitzer Prize-winner Phillip L. Fradkin’s Everett Ruess: The Short Life, Mysterious Death, and Astonishing Afterlife: Some 75 years ago, a young L.A.-based artist … Continue reading →

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Teaching in Uganda

Posted on 10-August-2011 by

According to Jon Clifford reporting for the SLTrib (10 Aug 2011): Kearns • You can see the concern in Jim Wirkus’ face, hear the urgency in his voice as he talks about the conditions of schools and villages half a … Continue reading →

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Uganda and Wheat Fungus

Posted on 03-August-2011 by

The following is one of the reasons given for trying to preserve historic seed varieties.  It comes from NG (Jul 2011, p. 116): . . . Because if disease or future climate change decimates one of the handful of plants … Continue reading →

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Baseball in Uganda?

Posted on 03-August-2011 by

As I have written in previous posts, I travel to Uganda frequently.  In Africa, soccer (or as they call it . . . football) is king.  I’ve never seen any evidence of baseball.  So the following article intrigued me: A youth … Continue reading →

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Utah’s Unitarians

Posted on 01-August-2011 by

The following fascinating letter to the editor was printed in the SLTrib (29 Jul 2011): Salt Lake City’s First Unitarian Church congratulates This Is The Place Heritage Park for honoring a bevy of religious denominations that made Utah their home … Continue reading →

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Svalbard’s Vault, Doomsday Insurance + Art

Posted on 22-July-2011 by

Located “way up North,” above the Artic Circle, is Norway’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which officially opened 26 Feb 2008.  It was become the most diverse collection of food crop seeds anywhere on Earth. Also known as the “Doomsday Seed … Continue reading →

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