A Traveller’s Eye, A Thinker’s Heart

I like to tell stories. I like to take photos.
And I like to share them. Enjoy.

  • ONE ON ONE WITH DAVID

    ONE ON ONE WITH DAVID

    Padma, Nahed, Peter and I were lying under a soothing Tuscan sun after a hearty lunch in the Piazza del Compo in Sienna, Italy. Having our heads to the ground gave us an impressive view of the Torre del Mangia. The plan was to go and see Michelangelo’s David later in the afternoon in Florence…

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  • BOLIVIA 1989

    BOLIVIA 1989

    When my folks told me that an exchange student from Bolivia would be living with them at the family home in northern Wisconsin I knew right away that a time would come when I would make it truly an ‘exchange’. In July of 1989, I gripped my seat on a plane landing at La Paz’s…

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  • A TOURIST-FREE EGYPT, 1990

    A TOURIST-FREE EGYPT, 1990

    In December of 1990, there was a global fear of a regional war in the Middle East. Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait and was ignoring demands for withdrawal. There were fears the war would escalate well beyond the borders of Kuwait. And that made it a perfect time to travel to Egypt. Tourism in the…

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  • FITZGERALD RIVER NATIONAL PARK

    FITZGERALD RIVER NATIONAL PARK

    Fitzgerald River National Park is one of Western Australia’s largest parks but only comprises 0.13% of the State’s total area. Yet 20% of the State’s flora can be found in the park. It’s a ridiculously diverse region of the State where you can find 1800 species of flowering plants. About 60 of those species are…

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  • VALE MARIO

    VALE MARIO

    With great sadness I learned today of the passing of my friend, mentor, former boss and co-founder of the modern Costa Rican National Park Service. Mario Boza passed away yesterday at the age of 79. He had been suffering from mouth cancer since late April. His death comes as a shock as only a few…

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  • STIRLING RANGE NATIONAL PARK

    STIRLING RANGE NATIONAL PARK

    DAY 4: MT HASSELL I follow a Facebook group of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia and I have been seeing a lot of posts of gorgeous photos from the Stirling Range. As a newcomer here, I had never heard of the place. I Googled it and learned that it’s in the southwest of Western…

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  • THE GRANDFATHER I NEVER KNEW

    THE GRANDFATHER I NEVER KNEW

    Unbeknownst to me until a few weeks ago I had a rather famous step grandfather. And it seems that the world forgot about him … so I feel compelled to tell his story. Frederick Ferdinand Moore jumped on a cattle ship in Boston Harbor in the 1890s when he was 15. He became an adventurer,…

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  • BRAIN FOG

    BRAIN FOG

    Photo: Drosera porrecta. A species of sundew without a common name. Endemic to Western Australia. Carnivorous. Has traps consisting of sticky-glandular, flypaper-like leaves. Hard to find. Will have a white flower later in the year. Once upon a time I was a naturalist in the state and national parks of the United States. I would…

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  • WEEK ONE AS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER

    WEEK ONE AS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER

    Forty years ago today, I set foot in Costa Rica for the first time. I arrived as an altruistic, just-out-of-college, cleanly shaven youngster who was determined to save the world from an impending environmental disaster. I figured I could do that in two years as a US Peace Corps Volunteer. Those two years evolved into…

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