Martic Forge Trestle, Lancaster County, PA. November 2020. The Great Wall of China can be seen from space - so can the gouge across...

Vatican Museum. November 2016. Of managed expectations - almost Without a doubt, the Vatican Museum is in the "top museums" I have ever...

Rixos Hotel, Duhok, Iraq. November 2018 Coffee on Friday mornings, ex-pat Kurds, dangerous franchising Friday in the Middle East is the...

Erb's Mill Covered Bridge (1849). Lancaster County, PA. November 2020 Of "natsukashii" memes, libertarians, and compulsive behavior...

Abha Fort Coffee House, November 14, 2017 Of coffee and dates AQ my longsuffering cultural guide and student in Saudi Arabia invited me...

St Peter's Basilica, November 2016 The historical reverberations of place. The weather was cloudy and damp. November in Rome - not the...

Ostia Antica, the port of Imperial Rome. November 2016. Of fellow travelers, abandoned cities, and dictators. On a crisp autumn morning...

Mt Faifa, Saudi Arabia, November 2017 (the mountains behind me are Yemen) [from FB post: November 11, 2017] The War Zone I live and work...

The Winter Garden, Lower Manhattan, October 2010. A question that has plagued me since I started a life of travel is "where was your...

This is the Pinnacle Overlook, part of Susquehannock State Park in Lancaster County, PA. Half of the "big lockdown" during COVID for me...

Every Friday for three of my five years living in Saudi Arabia, I did a long walk in the desert with my colleague WBT. The name "Saudi...