Susan Smith Thompson

Adventure Armenia: Hiking and Rock Climbing
Carine Bachmann and Jeffrey Tufenkian
Kanach Foundation, 2004, 116 pages, US$16.95
http://www.kanach.org
Carine Bachmann and Jeffrey Tufenkian take the mystery, but not the fun, out of hiking in Armenia with the publication of their book, Adventure Armenia: Hiking and Rock Climbing (Kanach Foundation, 2004). They, along with a cadre of volunteers, created and [...]

The Stone Garden Guide:
Armenia & Karabagh
Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian
Stone Garden Productions, 2004, 304 pages, US$24.95
The Republic of Armenia can trace its history over 3,000 years. Its borders once flowed from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea. Karabagh, a tiny Armenian enclave that was once part of the ancient Armenian province of Artsakh, is endeavoring [...]

Historic Maps of Armenia The Cartographic Heritage
Rouben Galichian
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
London and New York
ISBN 1-86064-979-3, March 2004, 220 pages, £49.50
Armenia has a history spanning 2,500 years. Throughout this time, its size and shape have changed dramatically in response to political forces. Once as large as France and Germany combined, it now occupies [...]

Rating: 10 Quills
When I moved overseas, it was without benefit of the four major food groups: microwave, frozen, delivery, and instant. When I went to the market, I stood in awe of the bustling women with their shopping bags full of fresh produce. They knew what to do with it! They knew good from bad! [...]

I’m a mystery fan and a former resident of Baltimore, so I jumped at the opportunity to read a mystery set there. I love visiting the city, even if it is just in my mind, and checking out my old stomping grounds. What can I say; I’m a Balti-moron.
Bumped Off in Baltimore opens with main [...]

 
I love spending time at bed and breakfasts (B&B’s). Staying in someone’s home adds the personal touch the big chain hotels are lacking, and a home cooked breakfast is just the icing on the cake, so to speak. The most interesting B&B I stayed in was actually only a B–bed, no breakfast, located over the [...]

I confess. I didn't know who Methuselah was. Or why his legacy was important. A Google search quickly informed me that he was the longest living man in Biblical history. Without the assistance of modern medicine, he lived to be seven hundred plus years old. Who wouldn't want to avoid the shackles of death and [...]