As an exercise in self-image review, I began compiling my Best of 2023 image list, as I do annually. While creating my image list, I noticed that this will make…
I'm not sure what the right word for my 2023 year is, perhaps "whirlwind." Family and personal issues kept me on my toes, and occupied a great deal of my…
2022---another "interesting" year! Travel brought me to Maine, Colorado, France (twice, once in the spring and once in the autumn), Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Professional highlights included the publication…
2021---a year that has truly lived up to "May you live in interesting times"! My "Best Of" selections for prior years, going back to 2013, can be found here. Onward…
Obviously, 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. It was also not the year it started out being for me. Let me explain. In February and March I was…
The journey continues! 2019 was an exciting year for art, photography, books, teaching workshops, and travel. Abroad, I walked another pilgrimage trail; this time from Tui, on the River Minho…
2018 has been quite a year in art for me. Travel has included the Southwest of France, the Balearic Islands, a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, teaching at Maine…
Any compilation of one's best work for a given time frame has to be somewhat arbitrary. With 2017, for me this is particularly the case. Once again, I've been at…
2016 is a year of the fire monkey. This is by way of saying that one should rightfully have expected the unexpected. The monkey is a trickster, and not always…
As a photographer and artist, I'm the kind of person who would much rather look forward than backward. The next adventure, or the next photo, is always more interesting to…
2014 has been an exciting year for me photographically, from many viewpoints, including the geographic and chronological. When I am not suffering from temporal displacement syndrome (otherwise known as jet…
As an exercise, and also to participate in a compendium of "best of" blogged photos, I've put together what I think are my best photos from 2013. This has been…