Summer Thunder Over Florida’s Everglades
The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and…
Happy Birthday America
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. — William Faulkner
At the Museum, Looking at Art Distracted
At least, in theory, it seems to me, we go to art museums to escape for a brief while to another world. A place of beauty, of creativity, A place…
Key West Pride
We recently made, what has become, our annual sojourn down the Overseas Highway to Key West for a few days of eating well and utter relaxation. We generally avoid the…
“Shrimp is the Fruit of the Sea”
After a long night's search for those delectable crustations, a shrimp boat's nets dry in the hot afternoon sun... and etch their shadow into the trawler's white deck. Anyway, like I…
Ethereal Bali
Mid afternoon and the mountains disappear behind a curtain of fog. Though near the equator, the temperature drops; a chilling breeze gently stirs leaves. Twin pagodas appear to be floating,…
Morning Watch in Ancient Varanasi
Crows watch over the early morning rituals at Munshi Ghat on the banks of the River Ganges in the ancient city of Varanasi in northern India.
Dancing on the Rooftops – Havana
Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there’s music and people dancing – especially in Havana. ___ Julia Sawalha
Havana from the Rooftops
A late afternoon rooftop view of Old Havana as the sun sets and the evening thundershowers move in. Surely, Havana was one of the most beautiful cities in the world a…
Havana Vieja
Havana is often referred to as a city stuck in the 50's. But not for long. Cuba’s future remains largely unwritten, but dramatic changes are on her horizon.