http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com It is the end of an era in Thailand. Political changes occur rapidly in SE Asia. Nowhere is that more evident than inside the Land of Smiles. In the wake of the John Karr / JonBenet Ramsey fiasco, Thailand has tightened restrictions on Tourism Visas and s... http://www.articlealley.com/article_104997_29.html 17th November 2006 Do not adjust the color on your television. There are no smudges on your screen. What you saw on the news was not an illusion. When the Thai Military stages a coup, they do it with style and panache. It's true! Their colorful fashion sense may actually... http://www.articlealley.com/article_90114_34.html 28th September 2006 A funny thing happened on the way to my closet. This unforgettable journey from my shower confirmed an age old theory: a lot can happen in fifteen feet. One night earlier I'd switched on the news to see civil unrest in Budapest, Hungary. My sister Aug... http://www.articlealley.com/article_90113_29.html 28th September 2006 As Suzy stammered, my ears perked up. For distraction I called out, "Hey Kathy, put on another pot of coffee." Suzy spoke again. The fact is, gouging my own eyes out with a ketchup bottle would not have distracted me. A linguistic calamity was eminent. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_19274_50.html 12th December 2005 Practical survival skills should be fifty percent of what we study in school! Languishing twelve to sixteen years in the bowels of our education system should not leave American citizens unprepared to cope with perpetually running toilets. A burned out ta... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18901_27.html 09th December 2005 So you're thinking about going country? It's time to abandon the frenzy of city life, drop the 'G' from the end of your verbs and trade your Gucci for goats. You long to be in a place where business is done on a handshake, where your backyard is bountiful... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18348_27.html 05th December 2005 Chick: A hatchling Capon: A castrated male used for meat. (How much could that yield?) Pullet: A female chicken under one year old. Hen: A female chicken over one year of age Rooster: A male chicken over one year of age. Raising Chickens ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18150_54.html 04th December 2005 Patience may be a virtue, but laughter is the only way to survive goat milking. You can strive for the perfect fencing. You must aim for good nutrition. But, don't kid yourself. When it comes to milking, you do not get the last word. When I decided to... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18148_54.html 04th December 2005 Marya Mannes once wrote, "The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future." Obviously Ms. Mannes preferred the status quo - health, sanity, logic, blah, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18147_45.html 04th December 2005 Clothesline fresh, country fresh scent, smells like a country garden, those of us from the city have all seen our share of country clad laundry soap commercials. The token red barn glows in the distance. Closer in, clothes adorn the line. Each piece is so... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18146_28.html 04th December 2005 Insurance is like a myth. From one small seed of truth, a fairytale the size of 1000 giant sequoias has sprung up. Reality is blocked from view. Surely, you've noticed all the giant, sequoia-like buildings are owned by banks and insurance companies. Where... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18144_19.html 04th December 2005 Do you truly see animals at the zoo? A while back, on a visit to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Santa Monica, I overheard a tour guide say the average time spent looking at a work of art in the museum is five to ten seconds per piece. At first this shocked m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18143_29.html 04th December 2005 The scene before me could be matched nowhere else on earth. Parched yellow grass spread out before us as far as the eye could see - broken only by the occasional umbrella tree and a few hundred thousand migrating wildebeest forming a dusty, thin gray... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18142_29.html 04th December 2005 Large breed dogs pose special grooming dilemmas. The Great Pyrenees and other Bernard family members have cornered the market on that special combination of girth and hair. Without a regimented grooming routine the Pyrenees' flowing white locks can easily... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18141_54.html 04th December 2005 People lie! They lie about the bliss of rural relocation. They lie about the size of fish they catch. They lie about being there for you. But, mostly, they lie about bats! Such a silly thing, yet no one can admit the ugly truth. "Bats only come into your ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18140_27.html 04th December 2005