12 Nov Where Next?
Oh, me. What have I done?It was a typical Monday morning. I woke up about 6, crawled out of bed and walked directly to the kitchen to get my coffee...
walking Tag
17 Jun Istanbul during Ramadan 2016
I travel on a very limited budget. The down side of that is I seldom discover the art of fine dining in the places I visit. The good side is...
10 Jun Ah, History!
I’ve always hated history. Ever since the 7th grade at Sidney Phillips, when my social studies teacher made us memorize an exhaustive list of wars and Louises with Roman numerals,...
08 Jun Istanbul, June 2016
Not good. Four days in this intriguing city is way short of what it’ll take to really see it. We had just gotten settled in our apartment. With the front windows...
17 Jan Casco Viejo, Through a New Lens
“Con usted…no queremos mujeres feas.” Between Michele and I we had just enough knowledge of the Spanish language to figure out what the sign said. “Nobody likes ugly women.” That’s what started...
11 Jan Panama, Five Decades Later
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sitting in the seat directly behind my Dad on the left side of the plane, the engines roaring so loud I...
10 Apr At the Art Gallery
Just got home after three quick days in New York. There's so much to write about, so many stories I want to share. But I was particularly touched by one...
07 Apr Back in the Big Apple
It's nearly 2:00am. I am just settling in after an exhausting day of shooting. Being back in New York feels great. I started out early this morning by visiting my old...
19 Feb My First Writing Course
It’s 10:28pm. I just got back from my first writing class. There were 16 or 17 of us taking the class. A few young ones, but most ranging from 40 to...