Qufu

This is a test blog - so ignore the formatting.

Am trying to better establish how I can have entries as "links" on the main page only, so the home page is not completely cluttered. Also fighting issues with placement/formatting of images within an entry, and maximum of five images per? Working with a template, of course, options are limited -- and I do not feel inclined to create my own widgets in HTML. My programming days are long behind me.

These are from Qufu, China -- recent article soon to be published.



Looking south from entrance to the Forest Cemetery.











The exalted sage himself.











One of hundreds of stele on the temple grounds.











Gateway arch to the temple.









The map dates from 1912, and if the Temple of Confucius. He was born in Qufu, and this small town remains a pilgrimage site for many Chinese.

Moonrise Over Antarctica

In collecting images for Antarctica, selecting the "iconic" proves oddly difficult.

Ice, seals, penguins, birds: the stereotypical abound.

However their abundance does nothing to diminish their power. A stereotype it may be on one level - and at the same time shattering on the next.