John Voelcker’s letters are his own observations about life in NY following the events of September 11th, 2001. Written without foreknowledge of the times ahead, they provide insight into events that many of us are destined to remember as mere TV images long after the raw emotions of the day have faded into the past. The …
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I finally got to Mexico, and discovered some really cool Cubans Ixtapa was a blast. Zihuatanejo was definitely my jam. It was less about the resorts and more about life, with some obvious concessions to tourists. At some point, someone handed me a guitar – that tends to impress me. Our travel companions join us …
It’s time to return to the web after a bit of a break. My old website – with thousands of images and hundreds of pages following my adventures as a photographer – no longer exists. Archives of the old site can’t be found. It makes me a bit sad because photographic stories make more sense …
You might think it has two eyes, but that’s pure speculation. This is a post-truth world (at least temporarily), and this Raven has only one eye … Seriously, common ravens are the longest-living passerines, and also one of the heaviest. They’re highly intelligent, playful, but still unlikely to quote poetry. Photographed on the hood of …
