Balloon, or in Spanish, globo Words with round vowels, wide eyes, open mouths Fragile tissue paper planets illuminate the night sky Ooohs when they ascend celestially Oh-ohs when they sizzle and sink onto a red tile roof Crowds alive with the pulchritude and peril of […]
Postcard: Hey K2, Met a little English couple 4 hours from Invermoriston. They mentioned a café a mile up the trail. Yay for me, who had 3 cups of tea, 2 juices, and no facilities since breakfast. Hiked 3 more miles before reaching this “cafe” […]
While familiarizing myself over the years with the pictures painted by the Masters of the Italian Renaissance, I found that one artist stands out as singularly enigmatic in his body of work, Piero della Francesca (c.1415-1492). I have read various summaries about della Francesca in […]
Travel Photos: From a road trip to Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA. Both cities make for wonderful walking and all of the photos were taken in the historical town areas (except for the Magnolia Cemetery) of the cities during their walks. Rosalie Raymond Hanging […]
January 2010, Urubamba River Valley On January 24 we boarded a train in Ollantaytambo for the twenty-six mile ride to the town of Aguas Calientes, the gateway to Machu Picchu where almost all tourists book overnight accommodations. Train service had been interrupted during the previous […]
Tim and Marissa Notier have recently returned from Peru and later this month are going to ride their motorcycle across Africa. We met at Overland Expo West in May 2019 and chatted about their travels. Since then I’ve read their books and wanted to run […]
