Here are a few photos I took this past weekend in the California central valley along the Stanislaus River. Wildflowers are blooming around every rock, between the blades of grass and in the nooks and...

This is my Friday diversion from the usual things I write about. One of my pet peeves is the devotion to the automobile shown by the U.S., California and the Bay Area. While I like to drive and I am not...

Perhaps the greatest of World’s Fairs took place from 1939 to 1940 in Flushing Meadows, New York. The theme of the fair was the Dawn of a New Day and urged visitors to look at the world of...

After the ATC conference, we headed out to find a nice place for a quiet dinner with John and Addie Sullivan, Master Burnett, and a few of the folks that make the ATC happen.  Trevor Vas, a co-director...

Karekare Beach on New Zealand’s northeastern coast is where movies such as The Piano were filmed.  It is wild, empty and beautiful; yet it is only a few miles from New Zealand largest city,...