Few places have made a larger cultural impression on me than the nation of Italy. Upon this ancient land, the regions of Tuscany and it’s neighboring Liguria have found a small niche literally inside my soul. I’m taken by the rolling hills of forest, vineyard and olive grove that cover the landscape of Toscana. I … More Italia on my mind…
Every September our family and a lot of close friends gather at a quiet, 1950’s era motel on Florida’s Space Coast to reacquaint and recharge. It’s a long weekend reunion filled with sunny skies, miles of Atlantic beach, pool time, live music, savage card games long into the wee hours, seafood measured in the pounds, … More All this, and a Cup of Joe…
So, after the Holidays are done, get out there, see our world. Go east, west, north or south. Go, witness, explore, recharge, restore, relax. Reinvent yourself. Revel in her wonder… This Mother Earth is, afterall, a beautifully Divine Masterpiece. Visions from the top of the World – Lofoten Islands, Norway, 2018
Once opon a time there was a daytime TV drama ‘soap opera’ known as The Edge of Night. From the early days of black & white television in 1956 through the mid 80’s, some 28 years, 7420 daily episodes were produced and aired. In the modern age, The Edge of Night is not even in … More The Edge of Night…
Looking for a bit of inspiration this morning as an elder family member is struggling with life itself. My Mother-in-law’s health has taken many turns, generally downward, over the last ten years, but that path is is rapidly steepening in the past days. Every day seems to bring more unfortunate news. It has fallen on … More “A River Cuts Through Rock…
Christened on February 16, 1942, just over two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Alabama was finally commissioned on August 16 of the same year. After sea trials, she spent a brief six months with the British Home Fleet in the North Atlantic. But her true destiny was to do battle, … More In Infamy…
Another morning, like most others for a Florida late Autumn day. Nothing special, until we look deeper and consider how distressing life has been for so, so many this entire year. This sunrise is how we were greeted when we stepped out our front door the first dawn after Thanksgiving –– perhaps as a reminder … More Just another morning, or..?
“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.” John Muir Small, but not insignificant … More Zion’s Deliverance…
Hey, just a little fun today. What d’ya’say? The scene from our little portico up near the top of the residential area on the cliffs of Vernazza. Just prior, we’d headed up the trail a bit further to shoot the sunset. Now we’re going to meet up with friends we’re traveling with and have a … More Shout it from the rooftops…
There are places on our planet where the sun never rises for months. Not even a little. Actually, every winter above the Arctic Circle there is no sunrise from November to January. Conversely, there’s no sunset from late April to late August. But in either case, winter or summer, the sun is never far from … More God saw the light, and that it was good…
Inspirations in Light and Color 