Category Archives: Stories

Take the High Road to China 2

2011/03/05 Stories comments closed

Eighty kilometres from Tashkurghan is Kara Kul lake, kara kul is Uyghur for black lake. This is regarded as one of the most beautiful places in Western China, but that is very dependent on th......

Take the High Road to China 1

2011/02/28 Stories comments closed

There appears to be something enigmatic – what it is cannot be grasped or understood, one just keeps gazing in wonderment.” The Chinese/Pakistan border on the Karakoram Highway is 4,930 metres ......

Aidan Fraser 2

2011/02/21 Stories comments closed

During Finally I felt the urge to push, the midwife asked me to lie on the bed to check I was fully dilated – I was reluctant to do so until she promised she would let me up again. I was t......

Aidan Fraser 1

2011/02/14 Stories comments closed

Thursday 11th June 2003 Due date was yesterday. Had my 40 week check-up today. Was advised that baby’s head is engaged and it wouldn’t be long but made appointment to see the doctors......

Jacob Cole

2011/02/04 Stories comments closed

I woke up at 4:45am on Tuesday morning feeling like I had to go to the bathroom. So I went in the bathroom to go and realized I didn’t have to go. Then it occurred to me that I was having ......

Chronology of the founding of the empire

2010/12/24 Stories comments closed

To clearly see the start of the Roman Empire, one must take into account the years leading to the founding of the city of Rome. Many civilizations began to migrate to different regions after the......

The Lone Fisherman. Post 2

2009/12/20 Stories, Uncategorized comments closed

continued.. One sailor reported that he passed by just as the missing fisherman held his catch up in the air, saluting his fellow fisherman. His remains were never found. Although the disappeara......

The Lone Fisherman. Post 1

2009/12/08 Stories comments closed

It was a rather humid and sticky July day, which is normal here in the heart of the Louisiana bayou. The sunlight shimmered, streaming through the lush greenery of the large trees that shaded us......