by John Curtis | May 1, 2014 | John's Blog
Our driver Banjeet, was a cordial friendly fellow, even at 4 A.M. He loaded our photo and audio equipment, canteens of water, plus our bag of goodies for our very long day. Lee, my partner, and I for this film project, were in Medan, Indonesia on the island of...
by John Curtis | Apr 27, 2014 | John's Blog
Malaysian Airlines flight 247 from Singapore touched down on Penang Island in the Malacca Strait. My partner, Lee Hall, and I were in Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia to get a visa to travel to Indonesia across the Malacca Straight to Medan, Sumatra. Our...
by John Curtis | Apr 17, 2014 | John's Blog
When we are young we are never old enough. You have to be so tall and so old to ride on the large carnival rides at the county fair. Too young to go to the movies alone; too young to drive the boat. Too young to sit at the big people table on holidays. Too young...
by John Curtis | Apr 8, 2014 | John's Blog
Life in your sixties is a time for grandkids, a time to think about retirement, or the battle to keep your body going. Life in your sixties is also a time for loss of friends. The past few months I have lost two friends, Syd and Larry, both 67 years old. Too soon,...
by John Curtis | Apr 3, 2014 | John's Blog
Recently I was in Mexico to thaw out from the brutal unending Minnesota winter. We, my saintly wife and I, were staring at the blue Pacific rolling and crashing on the perfect seven mile beach near Barro de Posta, Mexico, a town of 300 beautiful, gentle natives. It’s...
by John Curtis | Mar 20, 2014 | John's Blog
What is the World’s Reserve Currency? It is the U S dollar. It is used by most nations to buy goods and services from other countries. If Germany wants to buy oil from Saudi Arabia, it must first buy U S dollars, the reserve currency. Then and only then can they...
