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  • Day 7~ August 7th~ Boracay

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    Sometimes it takes being in a far away place and simply gazing across a horizon to appreciate something so simple such as color. Color surrounds us and permeates our lives on this rich planet and a realization as obvious as blue and yellow making green can be so profound.

  • Day 23~ June 23rd~ Xinjiang

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    Starting around 200 BC, a network of trade routs was created linking China, India, other parts of Asia, Afro Asia and Europe. Its name comes from the German (Seidenstrasse), the silk road saw the trade of silk, tea, spices, glassware, jewelry, gold, silver, perfumes, textiles, precious stones as well as the dreaded bubonic plague. It…

  • Day 14~ June 14th~ Xinjiang

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    Dignity, the respect of self, living with total agreement and settlement to one’s self selected principles… These are some of the impressions I took with me from Xinjiang and its people. They are custodians of some qualities that are very rapidly becoming lost to our modern world. To be able to go back to basics,…

  • Day 12~ June 12th~ Xinjiang

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    As children run wild, they carry with them the giggling essences of the land, rivers and mountains… Tashkurgan, a gem of a city, surrounded by golden grasslands, snow capped Pamir mountains, streams, expansive skies and filled with friendly Tajik people who welcome a traveler with bright smiles as they always have when their city was…

  • Day 11~ June 11th~ Xinjiang

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    Those who have little often are the ones who give selflessly… This is so true of nomadic people all over the world. Hospitality is part of who they are as people and they are known to welcome their guest by offering them the best of the little that they have. It is an insult to…

  • Day 24~ February 24th~ Lebanon

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    A long time ago, before the camera and I were companions, I went back to Lebanon with a very good friend who loved to follow the unknown. We were near the top of one of Lebanon’s two mountain ranges when we spotted a phenomenon. On a bright and sunny day, a lone cloud on top…

  • Day 18~ February 18th~ Lebanon

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    Everywhere you look in Lebanon, you find layers of history and ages superimposed upon ages, telling stories of kings, princes and rulers that left their mark on this small country. About 50 km south east of the capital Beirut, lies a small village on the shoulders of the Chouf mountains, and I have always been…

  • Day Three Hundred Forty, December 28, 2011

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    Do you know that feeling? Crisp wind tickling your face, clean air filling your lungs, power exerted by your muscles as you zip down a snowy slope, completely invigorated and energized? No wonder we put up with the bulky outfits, the chilly weather and the risk of injury. Skiing is a thrill so satisfying, especially…

  • Day One Hundred Ninety One, August 1, 2011

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    Sincerity, humor, depth, intensity, creativity, loyalty, honesty, dignity, originality. The 9 qualities I see in her. Funny how we don’t get to choose who is in our family and we and they just arrive here together. Sometimes, we are lucky as I am with my little sister, an amazing person to know and be close…

  • Day One Hundred Eighty Six, July 27, 2011

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    “Home”, where is it? What is it? “H” “O” “ME”? A planetary place of personal space for a human? A place of safety, of containment, a place to recharge and of being oneself? So much nostalgia is involved with a home, the place where memory webs are spun, where the forming years of who we…