Travel Articles

My husband Tom and I spent our 50th wedding anniversary in a yurt in the Gobi Desert where the temperature was -30 degrees Fahrenheit! In case you ever desire to do the same, here is the story.Our normal travel custom is to take an annual 4-to-5...

An ancient bridge,and a more ancient tower,A farmhouse that is sheltered by its wall, An acre of stony ground,Where the symbolic rose can break in flower, Old ragged elms, old thorns innumerable,The sound of the rain or sound Of every...

My overriding ambition has always been to engage the world and those who populate it through photography. During this wonderful journey, my wife and I have dealt with challenges that would fill a lifetime. We shall continue to photograph because by doing...

On the morning of March 1, 2020, I awoke in my hotel at 4 AM in Kathmandu. With my  20L Peak Design bag packed with all of my worldly belongings, my Leica M10-D and two of my favorite lenses, the Summicron-M 35mm f/2 Asph., and the APO-Summicron-M...

When you take a moment and think about it, New Orleans is, for all intents and purposes, an island. To get here you have to cross a bridge. We are surrounded by water and are below sea level. Adding to its uniqueness or weirdness, depending on your perspective,...

In Patagonia the wind blows relentlessly endlessly never-endingly."Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!” cries Shakespeare’s Lear, a king subjected to the superior power of nature as any man. In Patagonia the winds howl and whistle...

When Eliana, a young flamenco dancer from Madrid, stepped out from behind a curtain into the red-hot glow of the stage, little did I know how much she would profoundly affect me.My wife, Mona, and I were seated in a small underground cave waiting...

Cuba is the jewel of the Caribbean, the largest island in the sea. First inhabited by tribes of indigenous peoples from the Americas, Cuba was claimed by Christopher Columbus for the Spanish crown in 1492. In the following centuries, Spanish colonization...