Book Review – His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
My intention was to stick exclusively with reviews of travel books on this site. But I'm such an opinionated literature hound that I've already fallen off track. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The…
Hawk Moth on Chamisa – My Shot of the Day
Hawk Moth - From Wikipedia: Sphingidae is a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region…
My Shot of the Day – Summers Eve at the Russian-Finnish Border.
This shot was taken in June deep in the taiga along the Russian-Finnish border northeast of Lappeenranta, Finland. It is a land of lakes. Or...its a place of water with lots of islands, a very wet world. ## Russian Finnish Border…
“When We Came Over the Hill” : Looting in Peru
When we came off the road and over the hill, we could see the huaqueros scatter. They dropped their shovels and most of them scrambled into a single, creaky Ford pickup that spun off into the dunes and toward the…
My Shot of the Day – Vancouver Weather. Burrand Inslet, British Columbia
This shot was taken from the top of Dam Mountain (4,500ft), British Colombia, Canada on Friday, December 3, 2010. Some damn lovely Vancouver weather .
Book Review: Pillars of the Earth
Ok. I'm going to get right to it - I HATED this book. My Pillars of the Earth Review is going to be harsh. Look. I know this book came out in 1989 but it still gets so much attention,…
Columbine Hondo Wilderness Area New Mexico
As regular readers and viewers may have noticed, one of my favorite places in the world is right here in my back yard. That would be the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area. Over the years, I've hiked almost every inch…
My Shot of the Day – The Old Stone Bridge – Skopje, Macedonia
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My Shot of the Day – Blanca Massif, San Luis Valley, Colorado
Blanca Massif in the giant and unusual San Luis Valley of Colorado. "...an extensive alpine valley in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico covering approximately 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2) and sitting at an average elevation of 7,664…