I've moved, or...a new frame of reference.

If you are fond of chronology or linearity, and would like to visit the first post my new blog, click HERE.

If you want to visit the new blog and view the latest post...click HERE. 

If your not sure it's worth a visit, sneak a peak. Here is a frame into my new world:

I've decided to buzz off....

...and start anew. If you want to see where I landed,

pollinate here.

I C U, C'ing Me, C'ing U...

[August 5, 2009.] We drove to the Ammersee, a lake west of Munich, and had planned to ferry across on a steamboat. Shortly after parking, I saw a few men in Lederhosen, some of them carried musical instruments. While waiting for the steamboat to arrive, the music started. A contagious dialect of Bavarian folk music. Then, the crowd broke out in dance.






Two women dancers bore a striking resemblance to each other. One of them glared back at me in presumptive disapproval, the other smiled. In an instant different emotions were summoned, and contrasting reactions glared at my lens. I still can't decide which expression is more honest. I still can't decide which expression I like more.

a Beetle at the BBC...

Today the BBC's photoblog, Viewfinder, led their post with a familiar set of footprints.


You can check out my beetle photograph and the others selected this week for the theme of Repetition. Click here for the gallery.

In Trance-igent Transit...

Nostalgia is either...the barren landscape itself, the terrain that invites us to trespass and revel in hallucinations of the past; or perhaps, it is a determined spirit, cloaked in exoskeletal darkness that simply relishes the journey itself.

(Sicilian Sand Beetle, Colonna Pizzuta Beach)

The most gratifying element of travel is domesticating the memory of experience in the desert...dissolving yourself in the hourglass. Here are some of the mirages, as best I can remember...



If you prefer to make your own travel arrangements, click here.