El Camino
It was the winter of 2008 when I downloaded my first Black Keys song, and it was love at first...
My Walkabout
the streets of Philadelphia
I found myself in new territory recently, a new city with an old friend. Traveling solo has put me at...
Giant lillypads, double rainbows & and other ponderous musings…
Have you caught the glint of a winter's sun dancing on foreign waters, and felt old spirits in your soul?...
Rock of Ages
The day before Halloween 2009 we were putting together the desks in the office of my brothers new business venture....
Morning yearning
A long cold lonely winter until last week snowflakes fall and pile up in feet my morning yearning has come....
the symphony of the ocean
I find a last minute flight down to Las Vegas, wondering about the fifteen hours I'll spend in Sin City....
Donner’s Summit
It's midday on a Friday when I arrive into the littlest big city in the world. A strangely fitting name...
8 X 10
old wooden frames, speaking to the past while showcasing a certain moment in time. I find them online, where one...
A canoe…
Beyond the shimmering sun along the water, I make out faint images gliding toward us. Local Amazonian people in dugout...
Monkeys
Howler. Red tail. Michael Jackson. ( the local name for the black & white colored ones) Fluffy. The names seemed...
the Green Waters of Mother Earth
The hairs on my arms stood at full attention as the skiff came toward us. Electricity was in the atmosphere,...
Feeling stress…
The crippling pain in my side returns, bringing me to my knees. Incapacitated. One month into the new job now,...