I have been fortunate to travel to a great many places around the world. Always, I have wanted to share my fortune with those who are 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, these stories are 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 often find myself outside my own culture, experiencing things I don’t understand. I have the same tendency as everyone to try to “make sense” of it all. Yet my observations and generalizations may well prove 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, except for a few borrowed from my husband. If you choose to download an image, please ask for permission. I would be honored if you shared this site with others. Comments are always welcome. To keep this site a welcoming place for all, comments must be approved by me before becoming public.
From Lighthousekeeping (2004) by Jeanette Winterson
I unlatched the shutters. The light was as intense as a love affair. I was blinded, delighted, not just because it was warm and wonderful, but because nature measures nothing. Nobody needs this much sunlight. Nobody needs droughts, volcanoes, monsoons, tornadoes either, but we get them, because our world is as extravagant as a world can be. We are the ones obsessed by measurement.
The world just pours it out.