Flares into Darkness

Get ready for a hedonistic weekend with Portugal. The Man .  

This is a different walking in cities post in that this is a walk through an abandoned city. Instead of a mass of locals, we are in a mass...

Civil War field hospital Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives. - Siegfried Sassoon ...

Click any image to enlarge Motor is a technical journal that caters to gas station owners, automobile repair shops, parts suppliers, and de...

Get ready for a hoosegowed weekend with Alice Lee.  

In the above video a fellow, for reasons I can't quite fathom, fills up a piano with water to hear what it sounds like. I guess everybo...

I've made a couple of changes to Flares' links. Powerline's article feed stopped working, so I moved it from 'Blogs of Inter...

Click any image to enlarge Tramp steamers are ships without a fixed schedule. Instead of pre-arranged routes, they trade on the spot market ...

Get ready for a resigned weekend with Jacqueline Lord.  

The above video shows the construction methods and workings of a  Fokker DVII biplane. The planes entered service in 1918, late in the war...

Click any image to enlarge A jungle is woods in a tropical zone. It is miles upon miles of trees underneath which is a dense weed utopia. Th...

my mother is pure radiance. she is the sun i can touch and kiss and hold without getting burnt. ― Sanober Khan ―  

Get ready for an enduring weekend with Elisapie.  

This a is a Peruvian dish called Lomo Saltado. It is a stir fry of steak, onion, tomatoes, pepper, soy sauce, and French fries served with ...

Click any image to enlarge Ralph Pallen Coleman was an American artist active during the first half of the 20th century. He did paintings a...

Get ready for a noisy weekend with Eefje de Visser.  

Once again, it is that most wonderful time of the year... May Day! Yes, that magic day when, as we stand in our bread lines, we can reflect...

Click any image to enlarge Wagons used to be ubiquitous, but with the onset of internal combustion engines they've been replaced by trai...

Get ready for a skirt-chaser's weekend with the Chocolate Factory.  

David sits astride the Pan-American highway in western Panama. It is primarily an agricultural hub, but other investment monies are streng...