In Bali – Rice is Life
In Bali rice is life. The cycles of community life are centered around the cycles of rice farming. Yes, rice is the island’s staple food - but it is much…
The Ubiquitous Flip Flop
I blew out my flip-flop Stepped on a pop-top Cut my heel had to cruise on back home But there's booze in the blender And soon it will render That…
Going With the Flow, Kumbh Mela – India
 “It is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or…
A Fleeting Moment over Havana
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your…
Widow of Vrindavan
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Â Mother Teresa According to Hindu tradition widows may not remarry. Instead they are to spend their remaining lives…
The Tropicana, Havana’s Legendary Cabaret
"It was breathtaking! My mouth just fell open...there was so much color, so much movement...and the orchestra! The house band had forty musicians...I said to Nat, ’that's the house band?…
Long Shadows, Havana
A group of photographers cast long shadows against the wall of the El Morro Castle while waiting for the sun to set over the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Perched on…
Havana, Cuba – Not What I Expected and Much More
Since having visited Havana in the late 1950’s, just before the Revolution, I've had an interest and curiosity of the city and Cuba ever since. Travelerlynne and I had the opportunity to…
The Beautiful Beaches of the Bahamas
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from…
The Orange Robes of Laos
There are some thirty-four active Buddhist Temples or Wats and an estimated 2,000 monks in and around Luang Prabang, Laos. Boys as young a ten years old can enter a…