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Swedish Fields of Gold
Sweden at its most beautiful is a land of strong colors – the blue of the sky, the coastal waters, and the thousands of lakes; the many shades of green in the endless forests, meadows, and fields; the traditional red of the cottages with their neat white trim. And then there are the fields of rapeseed that burst into Read More …
Flightseeing over the Tantalus Mountains
The self-proclaimed “Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada,” the town of Squamish, British Columbia – located approximately halfway between Vancouver and Whistler – has just about everything any lover of adventure and the great outdoors could possibly want. During a four-night stay last summer, I had time to for a diverse array of activities, from hiking the Read More …
Golden Cliffs of Damaraland
Damaraland, Namibia, is a subtly magical place. Vast and often barren, it’s also full of unexpected surprises, from hidden waterholes where desert-adapted elephants come to drink, to dramatic changes in landscape that appear almost without warning. One such surprise was Damaraland Adventurer Camp, probably my favorite of the camps we stayed at during my five-day safari to Etosha Read More …
Tracking Leopards in Namibia
It’s late afternoon at the Okonjima Game Reserve, home of the AfriCat Foundation, one of Namibia’s leading wildlife conservation organizations, and I’m in a jeep bouncing along a rutted track, scanning the bush as safari guide Previous Tsvigu follows the faint blips his tracking device has picked up from one of the reserve’s collared wild cats.
Highland Echoes: Walking the Battlefield at Culloden, Scotland
I walked the battlefield at Culloden in the golden light of an autumn afternoon. With my love of British history, this was one of the places in Scotland that I had really wanted to see – the place where Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite supporters made their last stand in April of 1746, the Read More …
Iguanas of the Galapagos Islands
I first visited the Galápagos Islands in 1994 as part of a college semester studying ecology and environmental issues in Ecuador. We spent a week in the islands, cruising from one amazing spot to another aboard a 16-passenger yacht. To this day, I remember it as one of the best weeks of my life. Fourteen Read More …
Soaring Glass Ceiling in Naples’ Galleria Umberto I
Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit Naples, Italy, as the tour manager for a Smithsonian Journeys program called “In the Shadow of Vesuvius.” I arrived in Italy a day early and had time to wander around Naples on my own before the group arrived. I found the city to be a lively Read More …
To Write or Not to Write: There Is No Question
I can hardly remember a time when writing wasn’t a part of my life. Perhaps it began in the third grade, when a friend and I wrote a series of plays about a family of walking, talking — and ice skating — paper bags…. Read More …
Rainbow over Cows and Stirling Castle
I was driving along a country road in central Scotland, approaching Stirling, with the city’s castle looming in the distance on top of a steep cliff. As I admired the dramatic view, a rainbow appeared directly ahead of me, bathing the castle in pastel hues. I immediately found a place to pull over so I Read More …
Fun in the Fountain at the Seattle Center
The International Fountain at the Seattle Center is a popular gathering spot, especially on a hot day. On one sunny summer afternoon I spent a couple of hours photographing the people out and about enjoying the weather and the water.