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Text and Photos by Gary J. Kohn When you think about summer, you usually associate it with the beach, vacations, and barbecues, among other fun activities. My wife, Niki and I, were fortunate to spend part of our summer exploring Japan. (Prior to that stop, we visited Mongolia. See my
It may have been Alan Bennett writing in Vogue magazine a number of years ago, but whoever it was, had a brilliant insight. It was this: it could be that one of the very best reasons for supporting monogamy is that it would be too enormously difficult to develop a
One of the most engaging subjects for anyone interested in 20th century English social history is the Bloomsbury Group and their impact on England’s social, artistic and political life. The “Bloomsbury Group” as it’s come to be known was a group of writers, artists, intellectuals and even the economist, John
That thought dawned on me as I was coming up for air in the process of “organizing” the masses of material that somehow, probably by Divine intervention, turned into a book sometime in the last days of the 20th Century. Wonder of wonders, the miracle is nearly set to happen
In the early nineteen eighties, America experienced an oil shortage. Home heating prices soared, and scarcity abounded. Thus, people scurried to find alternate sources of heat. Living in Connecticut where winter is a harsh reality, our 3000 square foot house was fueled by oil. As a result of the shortage,
Text and photos by Gary J. Kohn Our most recent trip took us to Mongolia. We went there as part of a small group of eight photographers. The trip was organized by Jay Dickman of FirstLight Workshops. Jay is also a National Geographic photographer, so you would be correct if
Fabio Mancini was born in Bad Homburg Vor der Hohe on August 11, 1987. Son of an Indian mother and Italian father, Mancini is an Italian fashion super model, internationally known as the “Armani Icon.” Raised in Italy and discovered by chance in the city of Milan, Mancini has been
Having earlier this summer spent a week sailing the seas, in August the family decided to take a trip to the mountains. Specifically the town of Estes right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park that encompasses 415 square miles of some of the most beautiful alpine areas imaginable. Sunday We
Text and Photos by Gary J. Kohn When you think about summer, you usually associate it with the beach, vacations, and barbecues, among other fun activities. My wife, Niki and I, were fortunate to spend part of our summer exploring Japan. (Prior to that stop, we visited Mongolia. See my story.) Our hosts, guides, and designers of our tour were Blain Harasymiw and his wife, Manami Kishimoto. After a week of traveling together, I can
It may have been Alan Bennett writing in Vogue magazine a number of years ago, but whoever it was, had a brilliant insight. It was this: it could be that one of the very best reasons for supporting monogamy is that it would be too enormously difficult to develop a shared language with more than one partner. That “language” might be described as a sort of shorthand of shared experience. Imagine how time-consuming and laborious
One of the most engaging subjects for anyone interested in 20th century English social history is the Bloomsbury Group and their impact on England’s social, artistic and political life. The “Bloomsbury Group” as it’s come to be known was a group of writers, artists, intellectuals and even the economist, John Maynard Keynes, who shared fascinating conversations and friendship for nearly 50 years. Including Keynes, the key members of the group were Virginia Woolf and her
That thought dawned on me as I was coming up for air in the process of “organizing” the masses of material that somehow, probably by Divine intervention, turned into a book sometime in the last days of the 20th Century. Wonder of wonders, the miracle is nearly set to happen again as a new mass of materials and continuing inspiration, is about to evolve into a 21st Century argument for the truth of evolution. With
In the early nineteen eighties, America experienced an oil shortage. Home heating prices soared, and scarcity abounded. Thus, people scurried to find alternate sources of heat. Living in Connecticut where winter is a harsh reality, our 3000 square foot house was fueled by oil. As a result of the shortage, my engineer husband bought a wood-burning stove to fit into our family room fireplace. Research proved that Better ‘n Bens was the top brand, and
Text and photos by Gary J. Kohn Our most recent trip took us to Mongolia. We went there as part of a small group of eight photographers. The trip was organized by Jay Dickman of FirstLight Workshops. Jay is also a National Geographic photographer, so you would be correct if you guessed he had been to practically every country in the world—except Mongolia. We were drawn there for the same reasons as Jay. Mongolia remains
Fabio Mancini was born in Bad Homburg Vor der Hohe on August 11, 1987. Son of an Indian mother and Italian father, Mancini is an Italian fashion super model, internationally known as the “Armani Icon.” Raised in Italy and discovered by chance in the city of Milan, Mancini has been recognized since 2014 by the fashion industry as one of the 25 sexiest fashion models in the world. He has appeared on King George’s (Giorgio Armani)
Having earlier this summer spent a week sailing the seas, in August the family decided to take a trip to the mountains. Specifically the town of Estes right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park that encompasses 415 square miles of some of the most beautiful alpine areas imaginable. Sunday We fly out of Pittsburgh to Denver, Colorado on a very early flight and since Denver is two hours behind Pittsburgh, it’s still morning by the
