This blog started as emails with a few accompanying photos sent home from faraway places to friends and family. I have been fortunate to be able to see large areas of the planet and always, I wanted to share my fortune with those who were not so lucky or who would rather stay comfortably at home—but are ever so curious about the world.
I am an amateur photographer, writer and blogger. Like the compulsion to throw myself out into the world and sit with being uncomfortable, I am equally drawn to try to capture my experiences through pictures and words. This blog is not about facts and figures. Those can be found by googling most anything. No doubt there are spelling and grammar mistakes and occasionally even wrong information—although hopefully not many or much.
Instead, this blog is a very small and personal window into my “world” whether it be in an African jungle tracking Roloway monkeys, walking on South American glaciers, visiting temples in Southeast Asia, or hiking among Komodo Dragons. Interested in out-of-the-way places, I am often outside my own culture experiencing things that I don’t understand. I have the same tendency as everyone to try and “make sense” of it all. Yet, my observations and generalizations may very well turn out to be limited or even false. Throughout though, I have attempted to capture my travels and those I meet with as much honesty, curiosity, humor, and kindness as possible knowing that all the while I do so through the very thick lens of my own life experiences.
All images are mine with the exception of a few borrowed from my husband. If you choose to download an image please kindly ask for permission first before doing so. I am honored if you share this site with others. Comments are always welcome. To keep this site a welcoming place for all, comments do have to be approved first by me before becoming public
