Strange as this public service announcement is, people are cooperating and Portugal is crushing the curve. Today's dystopian publ...

2015 when we first visited this place. I am now an official resident of Portugal and actually for about a month already. I forgot to m...

It looks like a small city at sea, 17 smoke gray stacks against the flat horizon, and the deep voice of a fog horn taunting me with intr...

Molly, Swami, and Juan Carlos  M. Lee finally officially became a Portuguese resident today. It shouldn't have taken so long but we ...

The sea is rough this morning, agitated by last night's full moon, the first supermoon of 2020. As I write this, I can hear the wave...

"Gentle words are worthless if spoken with trepidation." Street art in Rome 2018 " This is a time of connection with ...

She lives behind walls. Does she ever leave the compound? Does she ever see her own kind or does she only hear them passing or from afar? D...

The view from my office window tonight. Had a hell of a time focusing on writing today. My end goal is to get a few more things submitte...

Last October we visited a few of Ireland's famine graveyards. The first was in the town of Dingle. Our host encouraged us to visit th...

Several years ago I went through a very bad time. I was living in the hills of West Virginia and would come into town now and then to open ...

For years I stuck to a timeline, ever running to keep up with the present but that is changing. Perhaps traveling has helped move me off the...

Naples, Italy Every night at midnight assholes in our neighborhood let off with a barrage of fireworks. Why? WTF? The first night I joked ...

Naples, Italy Why take the stairs when you have a blue bucket? Daily life in an old world.

Évora, Portugal "Where are you going in such a hurry traveler" Capela dos Ossos One of the last things we did before leavi...

Lisbon, Portugal Who are you? “Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?” The cat asked, “Wher...

Lisbon, Portugal Morning from the balcony Woke up today to a white fog sky, the barking of a small dog somewhere nearby, and the sou...

Paris, France "Art is never finished. Only abandoned." - Leonardo Da Vinci Following up on a post I did in August , Dyi...

Ireland, starting out - five weeks - 3000 miles We came upon this spectacular work by Caravaggio in Dublin. Of course my photo in no way ...

We're in Edinburgh for the week. Small as it is, this city holds some important pieces of the puzzle like Mary, Queen of Scots who rule...

Went to the Louvre today. My favorite pieces were two unfinished sculptures of slaves abandoned by Michelangelo, beautiful work but a grim ...