The invaluable wisdom…
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” “When another blames…
Natural beauty…
This is a Leica fanboy post. Normal readers: avert your eyes. I was really sorry to burst my own bubble. It rather ruined the mystique of the idea that I…
For days in the bright north…
Egypt is easy to misunderstand. Even the geography is inverted. The Nile runs south to north, so down is up and up is down. The events of these photographs will…
Presiding over a presidential appointment…
This week bore entirely too much political mentions and tensions. Only days before the national elections, I get an unusual call: “Are you available to cover a press conference?” Now…
Whatever remains behind…
The site of the Happy Olympics. The rest of the world should look to Munich to see how to develop an aging Olympic park into a viable place for people…
The Vatican be known…
So… what is different about these two photos? vs Over four years of time has passed since I made the one on the left. It has since had a life…
The market floor…
I’m beginning to return to places frequently enough that I am seeing the evolution over time. The first time I set foot in this square, I couldn’t actually see it.…
A museum is not for everybody…
Long day of museums. Highly educational, but not the most amazing series of photos… . Not everyone is entertained by fancy urns and half-naked sculptures… . . . . Stay…
The places you can never remember…
I wonder how many churches… I wonder how many cannoli’s… I wonder how many cobblestones and steps and benches. It seems to be a theme in my blog, the travel…
Another season in Italy…
**EDIT** I had misplaced lost a card; that’s why I keep double back-ups! If you have seen this post before, there are now twice as many images. A few…
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…
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…