This program (14 mins.) focuses on New York State's colonial background, especially the Finger Lakes and Adirondacks

"Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same, while in the still pools the shifting foam gathers and is gone, never...

“The swallow has set her six young on the rail, and looks seaward.” James Lee’s Wife (1864, pt 3 st.1), Robert Browning Before Autumn...

Cuba Connection — 2018 (*Photos have been selected at random) A Metaphor Walking the streets of Havana in March 2018, I spied a man in a...

In the wilderness about 200 miles south of Tehran is a place called “Half of the World.” Ishfahan, twice the capital of Persia, was the...

I arrived at the ruins of Persepolis, near Shiraz, with great anticipation. The skies were clear and the sun burned hot even in...

Modern Iran is certainly a paragon of Islam but the country’s culture also has deep roots in the ancient mostly unrecorded Zoroastrian...

Visitors to Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula must cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Vancouver Island is a peaceful place on the Pacific Ocean, with big trees and even bigger secrets.

Bike to Lake Minnewanka, Alberta, Canada

Travel in Alberta, Canada

"Do you wish people to believe good of you? Don't speak." Blaise Pascal, Penses, Section II This is the first of two blogs this week...

A Glance at the Columbia Glacier, Alberta, Canada When I glance at a picture, especially a photograph (whether on a wall or posted on a...

Jasper Park may be the 10th largest park in Canada, but all of the more sprawling parks are located further north in the almost...

"My thoughts like yours are pictures within pictures, infinitely repeated in time and space." EDB Walking in any natural place, but...

My traveling partner and I awoke early one morning to loud bellows that resembled a mix of honking and grunting. Opening our cabin's...