It was a Dark and Stormy Night Actually, it was a dark and foggy night. You could see across the dirt road to the abandoned mine but you couldn't see up to the top of the road and across to…
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,…
One of the big reasons driving my decision NOT to travel out of the country in 2015 was so that I would have more time exploring and re-exploring the region where I live. I’ve been fortunate to have spent much…
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…
NOTE: This article was originally published in the March 2015 issue of Vrai Magazine ~ ~ ~ No kidding. Back in the day when I had the patience for girlfriends and my friends were like…hey man, you should get your…
NOTE: This article was originally published in the November 2014 issue of Vrai Magazine ~ ~ ~ “I leave the good stuff at home,” the man said to me. “It doesn’t sell.” “What do you mean it doesn’t sell?” I…
I know, I know. My first post in quite a while. I need to jump back in and spend some time here. Above is a shot of last night’s moonrise over the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains…
After several months of computer problems and other complications....most of them very good complications....I finally had time to sit down and edit some of the images I captured in October 2014 while hiking in the Slovakia Tatras National Park with…
Did you ever wonder what it looks like out on the Llano Estacado? Oh. You don't know what the Llano Estacado is? "When we were upon the high table-land, a view presented itself as boundless as the ocean. Not a…
There is a little island out in the middle of the Gulf of Bothnia that feels like it is a thousand miles from anywhere. The mainland to the east is just out of view behind the curve of the Earth…
I've certainly allowed my website to slide the past month. But I have a good excuse. Not only have I been publishing articles elsewhere but I've been developing the first guide to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Most…
Last week, the most worthless and unpopular Congress in the history of the United States of America passed the National Defense Authorization Act. The troubled House of Representatives approved the “must pass” bill on December, 4th. The Senate passed it…
