Africa – Nullius in Verba

Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry: The Slow Train to Souk Ahras

“Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers to find out whatContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry: The Slow Train to Souk Ahras”

Lowdermilk’s niece’s diary entry. Exploring the Ancient Ruins of Djemila

Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunis, Tunisia

December 31, 1938 “Elizabeth Moody, age nineteen and very beautiful, accompanied her Uncle, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and family on an official trip for the United States government, using their personal car and paying their own expenses, to study old Roman lands for the benefit of the US soil conservation service, and American farmers toContinue reading “Lowdermilk’s niece diary entry: Tunis, Tunisia”

Deforestation diminishing the Snows of Kilimanjaro

Last year a Huffington Post post conjectured that the loss of snow on Mount Kilimanjaro was another sign of global warming. A team observed that Kilimanjaro’s glaciers were receding and “The increase of Earth’s near surface temperatures, coupled with even greater increases in the mid- to upper-tropical troposphere, as documented in recent decades, would atContinue reading “Deforestation diminishing the Snows of Kilimanjaro”