Karl Bushby isn’t a weekend warrior, but the real thing. Still a young man after a 21-year career as a British paratrooper trained to survive on foot behind enemy lines, and apparently realizing that few careers drew on his experience, he set off to create one that did.

In my favorite story by the science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury, a group of aliens looking for intelligent life orbits the Earth a few times and listens to the radio frequencies.

Karl Bushby has spent 21 years walking around the world. An ex-paratrooper from the United Kingdom, walking adventurer and author, he is still attempting to be the first person to completely walk an unbroken path around the world.

Women’s angerboils over

Women in Mexico found a collective voice in 2019, focus ing greater attention on gender violence and women’s rights issues. 

An impressive choir performed at Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mark’s Anglican Church.

What is Hogmanay?

Hogmanay is Scotland’s greatest national holiday, celebrated January 1. Houses are scrubbed top to bottom in preparation for the last day of the year and as an act of purification.