Category Archives: TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes

#95

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

Until I was six, I thought Uncle Sally’s name was Who-Gives-A-Sh*t. The neighbors, the few friends he had, his business associates, the family – even  his mother, my Nana. She’d hoped the label wouldda’ forced her caro Salvatore to change his lackadaisical … Continue reading →

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NIGHTMARE ON UNTER DEN LINDEN – A Banned Books Week Tribute

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

It’s somehow fitting. The sweeping square is shrouded in silence, but for the dime-size drops of rain slapping the neatly laid cobbled stones under my feet. The typically bustling quad is empty too, except for the line of  bicycles strung … Continue reading →

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HEY, RAPUNZEL ~ SURF’S UP!

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

The only thing missing from the stone tower resting up against a craggy cliff side along the southern California coast is a sixty-foot silken braid trailing from the top window slit to the rocky beach below. Well, maybe the thick, … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Man In The Icicle

Posted on August 9, 2018 by

  Winter Dissolving crystalline crust decomposing evaporating

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – The Sun Sets on a Different World

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Quimmer. Stranded. Separated from his pack. About as visible as a grain of sand stuck to the smooth side of a seashell, the dog stands on a slab of sea ice floating atop the placid waves of  Scorsbysund. Four days ago, … Continue reading →

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DESERT HIGH – Between Earth And Sky

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

“I’d rather be here, with you, than anywhere else in the world.” When the man in the mountain spoke, it wasn’t with words. A wave of warm air rippled across his furrowed forehead, crept over his craggy face, and burst … Continue reading →

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OUT OF THIS WORLD – Journey to the unknown

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

Clouds of steam rise from bubbling pits on the pocked landscape. It smells like Beelzebub is venting a batch of burned hard-boiled eggs from his sizzling  subterranean scullery far below our hiking booted feet.

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