Postcard from Kottayam, India
We had an opportunity to visit the Thirunakkata Utsavam Festival and witness this passionate and lively celebration. Twenty two elephants paraded through the Thiirunakkara Mahadevar temple grounds unadorned. Then each…
Post Card From the Tea Gardens of Munnar, India
Some of the world's finest black tea grows on the slopes of the Western Ghats near Munnar in Kerala State. Finding growing conditions in this area, some five to six…
Post Card From the Malabar Coast, India
As many of you know, travelerlynne and I are in India for the next few weeks. This is the first of, hopefully, several "post cards. The iconic fish nets of…
Calcutta Rickshaw Wallah
One of Calcutta's ubiquitous rickshaw wallahs, or puller, rests for a few moments in the city's stifling heat while a devotee puts the finishing touches on his family's pandal, in…
Inside a Vietnamese Brick Kiln
A brick kiln lies on the banks of the Mekong River Delta between Ho Chi Minh City and the Cambodian border. An unexpected sight, to say the least. Note the…
Molten Color
Recently we paid a visit to Pottery Express, a garden center that sells very beautiful, very large, very expensive outdoor decorative pottery. As I wandered around the thousands of pots hopeful…
Neighborhood Watch – Two Perspectives
When we visit another country we wish to think of ourselves as travelers. Definitely not tourists. We want to blend in. To see and not be seen. To observe, learn, understand. But make no mistake, we are noticed, we are watched. Usually just a noted oddity; possibly a potential opportunity for needed income, or amusement.
Abandoned in Paradise
Of the more than 700 islands that make up the Bahamas archipelago, only fourteen of the Out Islands are occupied. Cat Island is the one that caught my attention. The…
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New Folio: The Fish Shacks of Pine Island Sound
“The Fish Shacks of Pine Island Sound,” my latest folio, is a collection of fourteen images of the few remaining historic fish shacks in Pine Island Sound. I have been…