Diggers, those praying mantis-like steel monsters, are invading, eating everything in sight. They have docile, benign-like names such as ...
Three Part Harmony
Within moments of walking on to my dock, this afternoon a trio of brown pelicans crash landed into the water at my feet. They do this whenever they ...
PHOTOESSAY: LIFE IN BUDAPEST, PART 2
Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience. ___Paul Theroux, Fresh Air ...
Photoessay: Life in Budapest, part 1
The streets of Budapest, one of Europe’s great cities, are rewarding for a wandering photographer. Painstakingly restored after the pummeling it ...
Sunday Single – St Vitus Cathedral, Prague
St. Vitus Cathedral, the spiritual symbol of the Czech Republic, dominates the Prague skyline. Though commissioned in 1344 by Charles IV it took ...
“A Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling”
Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly. ___Robert Harling, Steel ...
Waiting for Rain – Havana, Cuba
Three young men sit on the seawall along Havana's Malecon watching the approaching thunderstorm. ...
Half and Half, Black and White
The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance ...
“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 ...
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 ...
