the origins of Man
As we arrived into Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, you could feel the noticeable difference between this country...
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The Equator
'Hakuna matata' couldn't have been a more apt phrase for the day we decided to go to the equator. The...
Dandora
With this being my fourth consecutive year traveling to Kenya, I'd thought I'd seen it all.Then Dandora slapped me across...
beyond the slums
We pulled the van off the street and into the trash filled embankment on the side of the road. The...
Sloths, clown frogs, & other forest creatures…
In addition to the many species of monkey in the Amazon, we were privy to witness a host of other...
meet Stanley Park & Jack White
I was twenty feet from the door to exit international customs when I handed my declaration card to the cute...
The Wall
My first act of teenage rebellion resulted from listening the the song "Another brick in the wall", being played on...
The Phoenix Foundation
Frackity Frack, there is no looking back... He feels the heavy weight of despair upon slumped shoulders. Gravity is slowly...
El Camino
It was the winter of 2008 when I downloaded my first Black Keys song, and it was love at first...
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?...
A canoe…
Beyond the shimmering sun along the water, I make out faint images gliding toward us. Local Amazonian people in dugout...