Here's some good news. In their recent election, Ecuador made an important step towards becoming a more consciously compassionate socie...

Happy 103rd, Frida . Source Also, today is the Dalai Lama's birthday. He's 75. Happy B-day, Dalai !

I needed a graphic today and ended up going through my photos for hours. After that, I felt pretty useless. Three of Cups, reve...

Yesterday was Janmashtami , Krsna's birthday, and we attended the festivities which were held at a Buddhist temple in Reno. Great fo...

It's been six days since my knee surgery and my leg is still pre-tee sore. I worked in my office for several hours today but then was s...

For some reason this bottle has been on my mind for the last couple of days. I photographed it while we were camping on the Caribbean last N...

Today is the anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe 464 years ago. She is much loved, especially in Mexico where the ...

Here are a couple of photos I took in Mexico recently. To me, these two particular images have a lot in common.

We're back from the Yucatan. Over the all, we drove about 10,000 miles so my photo to miles ratio held at 1+:1, the 1+ plus being the ...

So far we have made it to Cuidad Victoria. Tomorrow Texas. In the end, I guess you could say we were driven out of Mexico by the hurricanes ...

It is hard seeing beyond purely "human" concerns and even harder to act on behalf of creatures or circumstances generally consider...

We camped at the ranger station about 40 kilometers from the entrance to Calakmul last night. The moon was full and the most fierce I have ...

2069 A sidewalk lunch stand Driving through Mexico this way is like traveling the wheel of Samsara. The entire country, not just the Ma...

My grandfather was a merchant marine who sailed around the world seven times. He also fathered seven children. He was also a drunk. I've...

We are back in Chetumal after spending the last week crossing and recrossing the Yucatan peninsula. Jeep troubles. Both front shocks are b...

I´ve given up trying to keep up with this trip. So far we´ve put about 7000 miles on the Jeep and I´ve taken over 7000 photos (and delet...

We are now in Compeche, a small port city on the Gulf of Mexico. We didn´t stick around to meet with Dan the other day or try camping at th...