Author: Gered Ryan

  • On Life and Death

    On Life and Death

    Life: Life is to be lived in the sense that we should take advantage of the time we have. As an emperor, Tiberius is the name that jumps to mind but I may be wrong, said, “There is no guarantee of an afterlife.” In this sense, one should not waste their life. The time we…

  • Did you know: driest continent

    Australia is the driest continent on the planet?

  • Ode to Transportation

    Ode to Transportation

    Transportation has opened the world. The ability to rapidly get from one place to another has made the world wholly accessible. Planes, trains, boats, cars, scooters, gondolas, etc. cross every imaginable barrier and transcend mortal time. It is now possible to see a person separated by continents in a single day. It is possible to…

  • Did you know: snail poison

    the most potent venom in the world is possessed by a kind of snail?

  • Ode to Fall Leaves

    Ode to Fall Leaves

    Fall leaves are the grandest sunset. There is a gradual change from yellow to orange to red that follows the progression of the sun setting over several months as the days get shorter and crisper. When the leaves start to turn, the weather also has shifted, and this brings an exciting feeling to the air.…

  • Did you know: more than Bryce

    there is an area of black hoodoos north of Bryce Canyon National Park?

  • In which train politics are complex

    In which train politics are complex

    Between programs in Italy, I took a while to tour eastern Europe on a EuroRail pass. This was primarily with the motive of leaving the European Union since my attempts to get a permesso di sogiorno with a multi-colored ink letter had failed. Thus, I needed to let my tourist visa connected to the US…

  • Did you know: Crater Lake

    Crater Lake has water clearer than the standard? It also has a log that has been floating in it for over fifty years.