The morning, the water ghost, and the tree…
There is no map for the places each of us go. Daily, we take steps down roads which have never been trodden; or perhaps they have simply never been charted,…
What then, dreamer…?
What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower…
The scale of the sea…
For those of you who were not aware, we sailed a lot in the past few years. And much of this was offshore. Now well over 10,000 miles since Ipswich, we…
Notice those around you…
“What I’ve come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion… everyday…
Mounting experiences on the wall…
The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes: “History” We awoke and packed our things for the…
Prayers contained at the Wall…
Religions converge on Jerusalem. In Israel, it seems so many who cannot agree have agreed on their Holy of Holies. Everyone to the East and West looks at Israel with…
A link in a chain…
Lines of people. Chords in a piece of music. The poem in the margin. A forgotten roll of film. Shoes that were never worn. Columns standing in a field. A…
Nothing wrong with returning…
Now in Athens… I was here a few months ago, only a few days into the semester. The students were just getting adjusted to everything. Now, they are only a…
Come and go home…
Is there a trouble to travel? It sometimes takes a long time between places. Sometimes travel forces long hours and exhausting work… just sitting there. But to wake in one…
Continuation of travel…
My first experience with “unsupported” travel – that is, without anyone making my reservations or travel bookings – was back in February of 2008 while I was studying abroad. I…
The good of the many…
“Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.” ~Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic sphere/dome Of the 100 trillion people who…
Links and lights…
Every-once-in-a-while there comes an opportunity to do something fairly unusual with my trade as a photojournalist. Photographing people on stage, performing on the court or the field, being out in…