Category: Photography
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A German rose to recall
As I’ve mentioned before in previous posts, when I drink a good cup of coffee I am transported back to other good coffees – not just the drink, but the entire experience. Like the cup of coffee served on a rickety table by the Moroccan octogenarian inside the blue gate in the old city of…
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A statue’s view of San Diego – the best panorama
It’s all laid out before you, from left to right. The submarine base in Point Loma hundreds of feet below. The bay surrounded by San Diego villages and suburbs. From this height, one can see the mountains in the distant east and follow them south into Mexico. The Coronado Bridge in the foreground, which looks…
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Sand sculpture aspirations
Come February, northern Hemisphere dwellers start longing for spring and what follows – a warm, sun-soaked summer. In Southern California summer includes obligatory trips to the beach for fun in the sand, but not necessarily a desire to frolick in the water. The Pacific Ocean this far north of the equator is not warm. In…
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Another SoCal surprise – the Palm Springs aerial tram
When I talk to people about some of the most incredible places I’ve traveled, I usually talk in terms of natural beauty and diversity, incredible food and friendly people. Places that come to mind are Morocco and South Africa. I’m all too quick to discount the place I am living at the moment, which in…
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Flinging dead fish and unexpected pleasures at California’s Salton Sea
Palm Springs was on our list. When we move somewhere new we make a list of five to eight places we want to visit before we move again. Palm Springs made the cut only because I read a brief article about it in a magazine. There’s so much more to the region than retro 1950’s…
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Lego life
One of the first Christmas gifts I remember from my early childhood was not one I received. When I was four or five my older brother received a Lego castle from Santa. It was the most amazing Lego set I had ever seen. I don’t know how long it stayed a castle before turning into…
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti – end of the beginning of the day
On Friday I returned from a week in Haiti. Until the rains of Sandy arrived and wreaked havoc with the local population, every morning I went on the roof of my lodging and took in Port-au-Prince with all my senses. One morning, as the sun rose, this is what I heard: Rooster, birds chirping, 360…
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Scotland – apologizing for things as they are
We had the opportunity to visit Scotland one summer while some relatives were working in Inverness. It was June and the weather was as expected – wet and overcast. Scotland is beautifully green thanks to this constant moisture. We went prepared with jackets and jeans and umbrellas. And the Scots were exceedingly gracious. “We’re so…
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Paying respects along the way
It is impossible not to stumble upon cemeteries when wandering streets or back country in any part of the world. When we happen upon one, we tend to be drawn inside as opposed to walking the opposite direction. Travel is often used as a means to escape the routine of daily life – cemeteries bring…
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The art of acquiring a taste for vegetables. . . and art
Developing a taste for art is like developing a taste for broccoli. I used to receive weekly emails telling me about my baby’s stages of development. One of those emails from the “experts” told me it can take babies up to 15 tries of one food before they acquire a taste for it. Fifteen! Fortunately,…
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