You hear it said that the Cuban capital of Havana is a metropolis stuck in the 1950s. If that excites you then the Caribbean coastal town of Trinidad in Cuba will be an added thrill. The 500-year old settlement…
Impressionism is defined as "a literary or artistic style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate depiction." Typically, we think of the famous painters that came out of France beginning in the 1860's. Monet,…
On a breezy late-June morning, Tom Kennedy, the Director of the Zuni Tourism Program at the remote western New Mexico Native American pueblo stands atop the remains of the ancient Zuni town of Hawikku, about twelve miles southwest of the…
It has been one unsettled eve after another the past week. I mean both the weather and for me, with lots of emotional turmoil on the inside. On Friday afternoon I went for a short run and then packed a…
This shot of the old barn in the Cañon area of Taos was far from the ideal capture- and I really liked it. I pointed the camera right into the low, setting sun to get the picture. The air…
One of the main goals of photography should be to communicate an emotion. Well. Thats my opinion anyway. Its about an experience. A feeling. That moment that hits you and makes you gasp. Be it a beautiful plate of food,…
Taking picutres of fireworks is suprisingly easy. I promise a full post on the HOW TO for both fireworks and lightning in the coming weeks but for now a few quick pointers to get started. Just a few simple steps…
It has just simply stopped raining. My buddy John Fleck reports that water supplies are the worst ever seen: With the preliminary April 1 runoff forecast numbers in hand, this is “the worst year ever” on the Rio Grande, according…
The very first thing that comes to my mind when I think "cemetery" is a polka. My favorite polka actually. Specifically Tom Waits "Cemetery Polka". The second thing I think of is a night I jumped a fence in eastern…
Editor’s Note: Brutal rule by an oligarchy is never as far off as we might think. It is something that has happened far too often throughout history and it is a danger the supposedly democratized “Western world” is dangerously close…
Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz was one bad dude. As Military Governor of the Aceh Province in what was then known as the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), van Heutsz set out to crush the twenty-five year old rebellion against the…
The kids and I were out in a foot of fresh powdery snow most of yesterday. We were up in the Arroyo Hondo valley north of Taos New Mexico on the north edge of the Colombine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area. We built…
