| On Travel Writing
Travel and writing may be somewhat spiritual pursuits, but Travel Writing alone is strictly business. To travel alone is more lonesome than writing, but group travel is mostly pretend.Perhaps we should pack it in altogether in pursuit of peace of mind? Well, funnily enough, it's not likely to happen in this world of cheap travel and paid writing cos most of us aren't nearly good enough at either to stop -- or we still have something half decent to say, somewhere half decent to go -- and many of us still stubbornly cling to a life where one can fund the other.***The travel in this writing takes place in Johannesburg, or Jozi, the old, gold, abused boomtown gone bust. Jozi hits the pits hard and rises high around the edges. She's a daylight city, a grit-and-bare-it city, and anyone's after dark.
Two-minute job shadow
Responsible for: Tours of the EcoHouse, programs, maintenance, co-ordinating staff and volunteers, selling conservation products, public outreach and education. How he got there: Two years training as an environmental technician before working as a landscaping foreman. He joined Green Venture six years ago. It's not easy being green: He has to keep on top of constantly changing environmental issues, be motivated, personable, well-organized and multi-talented. A typical day has him: Co-ordinating a rain barrel delivery or running a weatherproofing workshop. Typical hours: Six days a week 9-5, plus evening work. He answers questions: On everything from carpenter bees to recycled roofing to green laundry detergent. Number of composting worms at the EcoHouse: More than 15,000 (breaking down the compost of 32 people).
Clinton home project set
Long-awaited improvements to the Clinton Birthplace Center grounds are becoming a reality for the staff and city of Hope. With a recent visit from Debbie Shock, operations and facilities director of the Clinton Library in Little Rock, and chief landscaper for the library, Greg Curtis, some definite plans have come along.“We are looking for some photos from the 1940's and 1950's of that area of town," Martha Berryman, museum director, said. “If we do not find what we are looking for as far as photos, we are just going with the general landscaping of that time period. Most houses had shrubs and plants."Berryman said crape myrtles in watermelon red were the rage in the 1930's and 1940'a eras. .
Mandavi Pearl City - Your Dream Flat at Manipal
Owning an apartment at Mandavi Pearl City brings you amidst the privileged lot because your apartment at Mandavi Pearl City is proposed at a prime location just behind Manipal University Administrative Building in Manipal, the university town of international fame. Mandavi Pearl City strives to create an atmosphere which is a symbiosis of cosmopolitan, urban and rural lifestyles. Manipal is located in between the peaceful Western Ghats on the East, mighty Arabian Sea in the West and the Swarna river flowing in close proximity. Being a hilly terrain, it has a natural landscape. Kasturba Hospital, Manipal Institute of Technology, Planetarium, Science Centre, Software Technology Park, Valley View International, Shopping Centres, Schools and Colleges, Banks etc. are located in the vicinity within walkable distances.
State cuts barbers some slack
Kum Ye Throckmorton, owner of The 7 Sisters Barber Shop, said Friday that officials showed her a photo of a notice in six shops that announced haircut prices were going up $1 "at all barber shops in the city of Tillicum." She said she had planned to raise the price by a dollar already, but posted the notice at her shop to inform her customers. When someone pointed out it was illegal, she took it down and threw it away. "Everything's OK," she said between customers Friday afternoon. "I've learned now." Barbers in the Tillicum neighborhood depend on customers from the nearby military bases, where the price of a cut at the post exchange is $7.65. Not all Tillicum barbers were investigated. Kim said he attended at the request of the Attorney General and the barbers to help facilitate.
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