My ten year old son, Blair, wants to be the next Steven Spielberg or John Lasseter or George Lucas. He is already shooting short films, editing them on I-Movie, composing original music on his keyboard and posting his work on his website at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/bewalt12345. The name of his company is Figure Productions. His motto [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Future Filmmaker
Posted: May 28, 2008 in Children, Media, Parenting, Random ThoughtsTags: Blair Ewalt, Filmmaking, George Lucas, John Lasseter, Steven Spielberg
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Art’s Heart
Posted: May 26, 2008 in Colorado, Media, Natural Disasters, PhilanthropyTags: Art Paterson, Colorado, Natural Disasters, Tornado, Windsor
As a journalist I find covering natural disasters to be amazing and inspiring. So many stories are revealed amidst the staggering force of earthquakes, floods, tornados, hurricanes and wildfires. Even more awesome to witness is the force of the human spirit during such calamities. Natural disasters always bring out the best in people and communities. [...]
Polar Bears in Peril?
Posted: May 26, 2008 in Environment, Global Warming, Photography, TravelTags: churchill, climate change, Global Warming, manitoba, polar bears
Blaine Harrington is one of the premier travel photographers in the world. He journeys all over the globe taking memorable images of people and places which end up in books and magazines. He has been honored extensively for his work which can be viewed on his website at http://blaineharrington.com. This past October Blaine visited Churchill, [...]
Friends and Favelas
Posted: May 20, 2008 in Global Poverty, Media, Random Thoughts, TravelTags: Blogging, Comments, favelas
Jubilation!! My first comment. I’m grinning from ear to ear. Someone read my article about favela tours and appreciated it. I tried to get my local newspaper to run this story but they passed. I contacted magazines and websites. Pass. Pass. I said what the hell. I’m starting a blog. I knew this was a [...]
A Hunger to Help
Posted: May 19, 2008 in Economy, Global Poverty, PhilanthropyTags: BeadforLife, Care, China, Economy, Ginny Jordan, Myanmar, Philanthropy, Worldvision
These are uncertain times. The economy is a wreck. Need is escalating throughout the world as prices rise for food and oil. Natural disasters in China and Myanmar are overwhelming and tragic. Huge NGOs like Worldvision www.worldvision.org and Care www.care.org are pleading for donations as they rush in to help. The work to do is [...]
Bold Women
Posted: May 17, 2008 in Colorado, Media, Midlife, Motorsports, Random Thoughts, WomenTags: Add new tag, Colorado, Midlife, Motorsports, Women
Picture perfect Colorado day… bluebird sky. Under the bright yellow tent at Erico Motorsports one of the premiere women in motorcycling, Genevieve Schmitt www.womenridersnow.com, is a guest on Peter Boyle’s live radio show USA Biker Nation www.usabikernation.com. The owner of Erico Motorsports www.ericomotorsports.com is this firecracker named Tai Beldock who is working the crowd, schmoozing, [...]
Favela Tour in Rio de Janeiro
Posted: May 16, 2008 in Global Poverty, TravelTags: brazil, favelas, Global Poverty, rio de janeiro, tourism
Rogean Rodriguez builds castles in the sand. For eleven years he has squatted on a little piece of shoreline across from the fancy hotels on Rio’s famed Copacabana Beach. On this patch of real estate he creates fantasies by hand with sand and water. His exquisite palaces catch the light and eyes of tourists who [...]
Passover in Kampala
Posted: May 16, 2008 in Global Poverty, Judaism, Religion, TravelTags: BeadforLife, Global Poverty, Judaism, kampala, passover, Uganda
“Next year in Jerusalem.” The words at the end of the Passover seder always give me chills. How many Jews over how many generations have longed to celebrate in the Holy Land. This past year, though, I was faced with a dilemma. I wouldn’t be celebrating Passover in Jerusalem or even, as usual, at the [...]
