Around the top of Portugal…
Adding a new country and a few new UNESCO sites to my catalog, Portugal and driving from the south to the central regions was truly enjoyable. Around Evora, Portugal, there…
Then why wouldn’t you go there…?
There are some things you do on purpose for absolutely no reason. (Ironic, considering yesterday’s post.) I’d like to show you a couple of things. These are lists of the…
All old things being equal…
I love to think of the “why?” of things. There are always reasons for people’s actions. Even the most inexplicable random act by a person has some reason. Now, it…
All that is there you see…
Simple post today, finishing out my excursion down south: Notes from an orphanage. Keep in mind that there are a lot of people in this world. If you live in…
The human I saw in passing…
On the day a child was buried, I was there. On the day a child was buried, as his body was being loaded into the back of his father’s pick-up…
In able escape…
Going outside on July 4th in the States tends to sound a bit like a distant combat zone. Flashes in the distant horizon, the sounds of shells exploding and the…
It is a matter of seat…
If you live in fear… you will never live. When you travel, you are living one of the finest ways. Nothing that was ever done with monumental or lasting influence…
When the journalist becomes the story…
Never expect to know where you’ll be this afternoon, let alone next week or next month. Life is just better that way… Why? Because if you try to say, “This…
Something about hugging old trees…
…and really really pretty clover. He’s not really hugging the tree, he’s telling me that he planted it. And that’s how big it is now. Never mind money, power, riches,…
Re-ignition…
No two ways about it. I’m not going to do anything at all for a few days. I have been on the road for two months with very few moments…
Of small cats and big dogs…
There are people in this country who will live their entire lives never venturing far beyond their neighborhoods or villages. Is the proper response to pity? To help? To teach?…
Fishing for fruit…
A few days ago I was told a parable. Much like a biblical parable, but this photo brings it to mind: A fisherman knows that if you only have one…