The Dinosaur Diamond is a 486 mile National Scenic Byway in Utah and Colorado, U.S.A. The name comes from the shape of the route, which appoximates a diamond, and because it is the preeminent dinosaur boneyard in the world. To be one of America’s Scenic Byways, a route must have scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archeological, […]
Colorado National Monument is situated between the towns of Fruita and Grand Junction, Colorado. It is managed by the U. S. National Park Service. There is a campground, many trails, and a very scenic drive in the Monument. Nearly within a stone’s-throw of U.S. Interstate 70, it makes a neat addition to a trip to […]
You can spend hours, if not days, in each of London’s museums. Their collections are vast and intriguing. Although I enjoy small town museums in numerous American towns and cities, the museums in London are very special. It’s not only the beauty or history of their displays, but also how they are arranged. A good […]
We walk tentatively through Pandemic Alley, not knowing what it is or where it leads. It is not well marked. It could be a dead end. Or, it could be a shortcut to the place we want to be. That place will be so open, clean, and sanitary. There will be fresh air, water, and […]
This is the fourth mystery video in my Gumshoe Opera series. The music, basically a rock song with unsettling, chaotic strings at the end, provides the mood for a mystery sub-genre “suspense” or “thriller” picture show. Suspense/thrillers center around epic, psychological or supernatural occurrences, unlike other mysteries such as crime dramas (think film noir,) or […]
Continuing with the “Gumshoe” series, I am setting the mood with today’s video “Falling Sand/Hide ‘N Seek.” It is a two-part instrumental piece that captures the viewer in the crime drama: first, in an extremely suspenseful moment; then, in a light-heated comic chase scene. It is suitable for all ages.
The following video is the second in my “Gumshoe Opera” series. It is the theme song from the science fiction detective novel “The Hydration War.” Although set sometime in the future, I took inspiration from the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) societies, last known to be alive in 1500 Southwest United States. No one knows what became […]
“it was a dark and stormy night…” Fiction, horror, and mystery writers often use the setting of a “dark and stormy night” as a metaphor for troubled, uncertain, and sinister happenings. Today’s video comes complete with lots of rain and an unsettled-sounding Hollywood soundtrack. It is inspired by Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting “The Nighthawks.” A […]