100 words describe my Latina morning walk to exercise my legs, eyes and belief-systems The last trip to my ancestral land of Puerto Rico was fraught with trepidation and massive preparation to prove myself. Once there I was “on” continuously. My mind switched languages and meaning repeatedly. I […]
We are a layer of walls As a frequent traveller, I love walking the city sidewalks and photographing all that my eye and camera can catch. For me, the walls and the graffiti and murals that adorn them are of grand interest. Everywhere we go there are […]
The best expression is at times that which the photograph leaves to your imagination My son is a lucky boy in that he has had the opportunity to travel to many lands throughout the world. I am a lucky mom in that I will be able to remember […]
Hi Ho: Its off to work we go The industrial revolution is hailed as the precursor to our great modern era. Technology took grand leaps and the skills sets needed to make a living wage started changing dramatically. Workers eventually united against unfair working conditions. Then unions eventually […]
City Structures Make Me Feel so Empowered and Humble: This Year’s Past Travel As a New Yorker I love tall buildings. I loved Spiderman, growing up, for that very reason. If you want to be a super hero you need some tall buildings from which to do grand […]
Finding Warmth in the Winter Wonderland of Berlin: It’s all in a Boy’s Eye I have a love of travel that I believe I have firmly instilled now in my six year old son. He loves “adventures.” Whenever we love the hotel, he notes we are going on […]
This Christmas is no mellow yellow For most of the past Christmas holidays, I have stayed at home despite my love of travel. I tend to like a mellow Christmas where I watch my young son come running down the stairs and dive head first onto the gifts […]
No symbolophobia here: The love of convergence Tis the season for magical thinking, believing in miracles and wielding grand hopes for the future. After a relatively hard year, I have come to believe that everything is coming together. In some ways I believe in kismet. In other […]
Everybody has an angle I was watching a rather maudlin television show the other night that kept me thinking of that REM song “everybody hurts.” This world is filled with people seeking something to help them feel better and to be unbroken. It makes you want to be […]
Walking through my doors with an open mind A door can provide access or it can block it. Doors are most definitely physical. However, there are many that lie within our minds and souls. A door can close out air drafts or open up and let light through. […]