http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Nola+L.+Kelsey Culture Nola L. Kelsey Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88336&ca=Culture 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 be the reason no shots were fired during the up... Travel Nola L. Kelsey Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87881&ca=Travel 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 August was just there, I thought. Grand old building... Travel Nola L. Kelsey Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87331&ca=Travel 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 stymied the lives of tens of thousands of trav... Politics Nola L. Kelsey Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41394&ca=Politics Where are the last vestiges of Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders hiding? Are they cowering in caves near the Pakistani border? Perhaps they own a condo complex in Karachi. More likely they are on a Dude Ranch in America’s Heartland. Remember 1994? Religious fundamentalists overtook Afghanistan and trou... Real Estate Nola L. Kelsey Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23234&ca=Real+Estate 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 and where folks welcome you with warm apple... Travel Nola L. Kelsey Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=21748&ca=Travel 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 line on the horizon to the north. As the sun poun... Pets Nola L. Kelsey Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=20971&ca=Pets 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 morph, soon resembling an electrocuted Komon...