Half-Dome in Yosemite National Park -- who hasn't seen it? Who hasn't been there? And yet it still takes your breath away..... We spent a few days in Yosemite last week before the weekend holiday. We enjoyed great weather, small crowds, and plenty of water in the waterfalls -- as well as the murmuring voices of a dozen foreign languages because Yosemite does indeed belong to the world now. People come from all over the globe, and a good game is to guess the language of the people nearby taking photos of the waterfalls -- Is that German or Swedish? Or can you tell the difference between Korean and Chinese? Yosemite is a tonic for the troubles of California -- 10 percent unemployment, a $16 billion state budget deficit, every other home mortgage underwater -- yes all true and very discouraging. Only go to Yosemite and see Half-Dome and then know in your heart that the current troubles will pass.
Half-Dome Still Takes Your Breath Away
Half-Dome Still Takes Your Breath Away
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Paul M. J. Suchecki May 15, 2013 at 01:54 pm
Let me clarify: All I tried to do was re-link to the video that was dumped when Patch revised its…Read More format. The Festival of the Chariots won't be coming to Venice for months.
Linda Lucks July 31, 2011 at 05:24 pm
One year, long ago, Alice Coltrane performed. Anyone know the year? Definitely in the 70's.
Spirit Of Venice March 25, 2013 at 02:02 am
Thank you, David, for your lucid and edifying dissertation on Passover. You just about said it…Read More all...I would only add that if people get a chance during the holiday to view the movie version of Fiddler On The Roof they will get a truly inspiring feeling for what it meant - and means - to be Jewish.