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“The world is a book. People who don’t travel read only one page.” ––St. Augustine Note: For more current writings, musings, and journeys of a different kind, join me at my [...]

“Instead of thinking about the myriad negative feelings you want to avoid and the myriad things you can buy or do in service of that, think about a single organizing principle that is [...]

“Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now.”–Maya Angelou. A year ago this month, my husband, Jay, and I went on a river trip from Amsterdam to Budapest (then overland to Prague) to celebrate a [...]

“Now when I take a picture, I can tell if I feel the pilgrimage in it. A rawness. A simplicity. I’ve gotten down to what matters.”–Annie Leibovitz. It’s not every day that a show [...]

Another gem of a TEDx Talk. Watch it and see if it doesn’t help you feel more spacious. Happy new year everyone! “Nature’s beauty can be easily missed — but not through Louie [...]

“This moment deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.
” –Dan Millman When I was ten I got my first camera – an Instamatic with the flash “cubes” [...]

I love this photograph by Vivian Maier. The dog is ready for action… And totally laid back at the same time. How cool is that? Photo by Vivian Maier, via John Maloof Video of Vivian Maier [...]

To save or not to save (stuff). In this case most definitely save…? The video below tells an amazing story of an unknown Chicago street photographer, Vivian Maier, who shot (and squirreled [...]

“How can one know before seeing, and decide before knowing? –Yves Bonnefoy’s query in the the Foreword of Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer If you’ve been following this blog, [...]

“Let it all go. Show me your spirit.” –Platon, cover photographer for Time magazine While traveling in Italy last fall, my husband captured a rare and unexpected photo of me enjoying [...]