In October 2007 we visited Vietnam. At the time, I had started research on a novel based in that country and desperately wanted to see the real thing. I knew that I’d only get a tourist’s view in the short time…
WATER PUPPETS IN HANOI
TRAFFIC IN VIETNAM
Recently I finished writing a novel, PUSHING WATER. The story is based in Vietnam several years before WWII. It’s a murder mystery, but probably it’s more about what was happening during those years. The world was a mess. Japan had…
TERRACOTTA DAUGHTERS
The other day I heard about Prune Nourry’s “Terracotta Daughters” exhibit in Lower Manhattan. It was only going to be in the city for another week and when I read the review I had to make time to travel downtown…
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PHOENIX AT ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Every couple of months I visit The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. It’s the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and a big tourist attraction. If I see a lot of tour buses parked outside,…
TODAY HELENA FAIRFAX IS MY GUEST ON AUTHORS / ARTISTS
TODAY HELEN FAIRFAX IS MY GUEST ON AUTHORS / ARTIST. HELENA IS A ROMANCE WRITER WHO LIVES IN YORKSHIRE AND WALKS THE MOORS TO GET IDEAS FOR THE SETTINGS OF HER NOVELS. CLICK HERE TO READ HER BLOG POST.
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CLIMATE MARCH
Yesterday was the Climate March in NYC. There were 200 other marches scheduled to occur around the world. The latest estimate of the NYC march was 350,000 people. I was a marcher and a photographer. There were plenty of people…