Here we are at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. I took this photograph on the Matrimonial Mesa hike close to sunset on my visit there in the spring of 2017. This is one of...
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Paris Regret: An Expat’s Dream of Paris
As I watched Notre Dame burn, I found myself thinking, “Damn it, I was wrong. It won’t be there forever. Nothing will.” And, suddenly, our decision to live in another country, to seize the moment,...
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Italian Sausage with Grapes
Sausages with grapes, so simple, and SO tasty. Salsicce all’uva is a traditional vineyard worker’s dish, and one of the few examples in Italian cookery where fruit is included in a savory dish. This meal brings...
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September 2019 Calendar Wallpaper
September 2019! I love the fall, and while it’s still hot in Texas, I look forward to cooler weather and one of my favorite times of the year. For the September calendar image, I’ve...
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August 2019 Calendar Wallpaper
Is it really already August?! This month, I’ve chosen a sunrise photograph from my spring trip to Big Bend National Park for the August 2019 Calendar. As some of you know, I’ve been...
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July 2019 Calendar Wallpaper
For July's calendar, we're headed to the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Here's a photograph from an afternoon I spent canoeing at The Wild Center -- on the Raquette River near Tupper Lake....
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Vienna Waits For You
If the goal of travel and vacation is to get away from our everyday lives for a while, eat good food, see new things, and relax, then Vienna may be the unsung hero of...
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June 2019 Wallpaper Calendar
As the weather grows hot for my Texas summer, I find myself looking through my Alaskan photographs and wishing to return. I had a fabulous trip in August 2016, using the Marine Highway system...
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Nadir in Far West Texas
Time travel, tequila, and wide open spaces. My journey into Big Bend....
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