Quebec 2023

Along Rue Saint-Paul

Astronomy diagrams mounted on cogwheels, St. Ursuline Monastery

He was staring at the sky for the longest time, Saint-Roch

I use to be someone important, but now my statue’s been moved to an alley

Saint-Roch alley

The cosmos of lace, St. Ursuline Monastery

There it is, the underpass to eternity

Goodnight

Poland 2022

Church, Museum of Folk Architecture, Sanok

Interior

Windmill, Museum of Folk Architecture

Church, Museum of Folk Architecture

Museum of Folk Architecture

Interior of a Lemko house, Museum of Folk Architecture

Mischief makers, Museum of Folk Architecture

Greek Catholic Church, Museum of Folk Architecture

Interior

Strange burger topped with mayo, picked onions, arugula, tomato, cracked pepper, and blueberry jam, Sanok

Sanok cemetery

Sweet little creek, Sanok

The Last Judgement 17th century, Sanok Museum of Icons

Pink river, Sanok Museum of Icons

Teenager left in charge of the icons, Sanok Museum of Icons

“Hey come back, really.” Saints Mark the Evangelist and Mark the Hermit 16th century, Sanok Museum of Icons

St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, the Martyr Orthodox Church in the rain, Hajnowka

Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Church, locked sadly, Hajnowka

but this girl was there to greet me

While walking towards it I ate a “hot dog”

and saw some cool old houses

and some horses

and geese

and this serene pond.

Window fix, Hajnowka

Train station that was never open

Meanwhile in the park, the Home Alone roller coaster, Hajnowka

Apartment entry, old heater, new mailboxes, Hajnowka

Modern Hoy Trinity Orthodox Church interior, Hajnowka

Exterior, Hajnowka

Ascension Day Orthodox Church, Orzeszkowo

Cemetery

Scary picture blessing the well

Oh the exhaustion of early Soviet graves, Orzeszkowo Cemetery

Ascension Day Orthodox Church, Orzeszkowo

The woods behind the church

Orzeszkowo school with butterflies

Tweens with their chips, Białystok

Hedonist, Branicki Palace, Białystok

Beautiful wood stove at The Great Synagogue, Białystok

Jewish Cemetery, Białystok

Men and a boy in the Jewish cemetery, Białystok

Jewish Memorial, Białystok

Sybir Memorial Museum, Białystok. 1.7 million Poles were shipped to Siberia when Stalin invaded in 1940. This museum commemorates that experience as well as numerous other deportations over several centuries

Sybir Memorial Museum

Interrogation room, Sybir Memorial Museum

Sybir Memorial Museum

The celestial St. Mary’s Basilica, Krakow

“Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies?” St. Mary’s Basilica

St. Mary’s Basilica

Kazimierz District, Krakow

Eszeweria Cafe, Kazimierz District, Krakow

In a town full of Ukrainian refugees, Krakow

Florence 2022

Museum of San Marco where Fra Angelico lived and painted

The Annunciation, Fra Angelico, Museum of San Marco

One of the many monk cells painted by Angelico, Museum of San Marco

Quietude, Museum of San Marco

Coffee, Licorice, Calvino, Notebook

The watcher

The Duomo

Inside the Duomo

View from the top of the bell tower

Venture

Laissez-faire mail slot

Laissez-faire gardening

At the Children’s Orphanage Museum

IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO SIT ON THE MAXI-LEGO

Spooky basement relic, Children’s Orphanage Museum

Lego Caravaggio, Children’s Orphanage Museum

Medusa Caravaggio, Uffizi Gallery

The Arno River

We are having an Italian moment

Puppy hood ornament

Mystery

There is no escaping him

Meat, meat, meat, meat

Butter, butter, butter

David doesn’t want you to enter

Spontaneous sale in the park across from my hotel

The sad table of dolls

Medical models for sale

…and a spare print of The Trinity by Rublyev

Santa Maria Novella Basilica

Doors of The San Miniato Al Monte

Down by the Arno River

Go West (the domestic COVID trip) 2021

Hwy 44 Badlands, South Dakota

Hwy 44 Badlands, South Dakota

Gillette, Wyoming

Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Anyone need a Lyft? Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Powder River Basin, Wyoming

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Sheridan, Wyoming

Way up in the mountains and Barbie appears our of nowhere asking, “Were you here yesterday?” Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming.

Rosebud Battlefield, Montana

Swallows, Rosebud Battlefield

Thermopolis, Wyoming

White Owl, South Dakota

Serbia 2019

Boy, Belgrade

Armaments, Belgrade Fortress

Chandelier of bullet casings, Belgrade Fortress

Belgrade Fortress

Getting ready to watch the U.S. Women win the World Cup, Belgrade

Chomp, Belgrade

All the missing pieces, Belgrade

Act of faith, Prijepolje

Cevapi, Prijepolje

Obituary pole, Prijepolje

Prijepolje

The White Angel, Mileševa Monastery, Prijepolje

Monastery laundry

Bridge near the monastery, Prijepolje

Woodpile, Prijepolje

Infrastructure, Prijepolje

The blue period, Prijepolje

Drying the rugs, Novi Pazar

Transport, Novi Pazar

Door to everywhere and nowhere, Novi Pazar

Just going to take the tractor down for some milk, Novi Pazar

Who’s in the driving lane? Novi Pazar

St. Peter’s Church, 9th Century, Novi Pazar

St. Peter’s Church

St. Peter’s Church

Cemetery at St. Peter’s Church

Ceiling, Sopocani Monastery, Novi Pazar

Fresco, Sopocani Monastery

Sopocani Monastery

Bell tower, Sopocani Monastery

Sopocani Monastery

Croatia 2018 & 2019

Just like that, off onto the Adriatic

Adriatic Swim

Komiza, Viz

Komiza, Viz

Komiza, Viz

Soccer in the Piazza, Hvar

At rest, Hvar

Pink fold, Hvar

Blue cave

Blue cave

Blue cave

Blue cave

Shame, Zagreb

Ajvar!

Whirlygig, Zagreb

Split

M. in Split

Mostar 2018

The infamous, elegant Stare Most

Mostar morning

After the war

The man who sells the lace

Owls and shrapnel

Because no outfit is complete without a Tito coin purse

At the market

The bridge the locals use

Fear

Late in the day, the Neretva River

Abandoned shoes outside the Museum of War and Genocide Victims

Street art 1

Street art 2

On the bus to Sarajevo

Sarajevo 2018

Working

Favorite cafe

Nice beard!

Gazi Husrev Begova Mosque

Interior

Interior

Fresh pomegranate juice

Alley

Ashkenazi Synagogue close-up

Behind the church

Cafe at the top of the hill

Homes and graves

After

Listening

Bullet as souvenir

Princip’s Bridge where Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, setting off WW1.

Ukraine 2018

Florinski Convent Door Redux 2018, Kiev

Florinski Convent, Kiev

St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kiev

St Volodymyr's, Kiev

Doodle, Kiev

$10 a night, Kiev

Triumvirate of rain spouts, Pereyaslav

House at the Folk and Architecture Museum in Pereyaslav

Room at the Folk and Architecture Museum in Pereyaslav

Church at the Folk and Architecture Museum in Pereyaslav

Fence, Podil, Kiev

North Macedonia 2017

Main Square, Skopje

Who is this man pointing a gun at my hotel every morning? Skopje

Skeptics, Skopje

Behind the national theater, Skopje

Heh heh heh, Skopje

On the Albanian side of Skopje

Mannequins at the market, Skopje

Great, cheap lunch, Skopje

Lake Matka

The people in the cave, Lake Matka

Window fix, Prilep

Treskavic Monastery

Treskavic Monastery

Ascetic, Treskavic Monastery

Surrounding mountains, Treskavic Monastery

Treskavic Monastery

Road back down from the monastery

Corner, Ohrid

Touch your sing, Ohrid

Shore, Ohrid

Ohrid

Water taxi, Ohrid

Ohrid at night

Eggs, Bitola

Cemetery, Bitola

Bitola bricks

Church in the hills, Bitola

Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine 2016

Morning rush, Sofia

Shade, Sofia

Asleep on the cucumbers, Sofia

Lonely metro station, Sofia

If you take my picture you have to pay me 5 dollars, Sofia

Local train, Romania

Bucharest Bird

Brother/fire extinguisher, Bucharest

Sweeper, Bucharest

Garlic seller, Suceava

Downtown, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Jewish cemetry, Chernivtsi

Bus, Chernivtsi

Wes Anderson hotel phone, Chernivtsi

Wall by the poet Paul Celan’s house, Chernivtsi

Alley, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

England, Ireland, and Scotland 2016

Virginia, Tavistock Square, London

River Avon, Bath

Penzance paper mache, Penzance

Secret code of god, Christs’ Church, Dublin

Christ’s Church firework, Dublin

Dean’s Village on the River Leith, Edinburg

Scottish dots, Edinburg

Ugh, Edinburg

Morocco 2014

Door, Tangier

Rooftop, Tangier

Blue, Tangier

Metal workers souk, Fez

Friends, Fez

The Medersa Bou Inania, Fez

The Medersa Bou Inania, Fez

Hooves 1, Fez

Bike shop, Fez

Cafe, Fez

Hooves 2, Fez

Every car a chariot, Fez

Windy market, Fez

Jewish cemetery, Fez

Old red-light district, Fez

Running, Fez

Bundled up against the 105 degree heat, from the train to Marrakech

Heat and light, Marrakech

Saadian Tombs, Marrakech

Old Jewish quarter, Marrakech

Beech at the old Jewish cemetery, Marrakech

Henna brigade, Marrakech

Berber community, Marrakech

Berber community, Marrakech

Calendar?, Marrakech

M., Marrakech

Cafe, Marrakech

Jemaa el-Fnaa Square, Marrakech

Spain 2014

The Alhambra, Granada

On the way to The Alhambra

The Alhambra

Aquarail at The Alhambra

The Alhambra

Beneath The Alhambra

At the hostel in Granada, five extra euros a night if you want the the nobs for the air conditioner…

St. Angustias above her water fountain in Albaicin, Granada

Pomegranate! Granada’s symbol and namesake.

Granada

The terrace, Ronda

M., Ronda

The baths, Ronda

Rilke, Ronda

Sweeper, Ronda

Nuns of the month, Ronda

Ukraine 2012

Florivski Convent, Kiev

Train travel

The Lavra, the most holy place in Eastern Orthodoxy, Kiev

Room key with weapon; I mean can opener, Kiev

Keeping warm in the hostel with no heat, Kiev

Lychakivske Cemetery, Lviv

Lychakivske Cemetery, Lviv

Armenian church fresco, Lviv

Cold cafe, Lviv

Soviet Era Prison, Lviv

Prison propaganda cell through a peephole, Lviv

Kiev

Grafitti, Lviv

Travels 2000-2010

Istanbul, Turkey 2010

Crossing the Bosphorus, Istanbul 2010

Stairs, Istanbul 2010

Dusk, Istanbul 2010

Bazaar, Istanbul 2010

On the ferry, Istanbul 2010

Simit seller on the Asian side of town, Istanbul 2010

Coffee time, Istanbul 2010

Click Bomb, Istanbul 2010

Wandering, Vilnius, Lithuania 2010

Mailboxes, Vilnius 2010

Stencil, Riga, Latvia 2010

Kvas seller, Riga, 2010

Double negative, Tartu, Estonia, 2010

On the ferry, Tallinn, 2010

Julie at The Idiot Cafe. St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008

No screens on the windows…Novgorod 2008.

Window. Novgorod 2008

Swinging, Novgorod 2008

Hotel, Lublin, Poland 2003

Warsaw Hotel, 2003

At the Novodevichy Convent, Moscow 2002

WARS train, Belarus 2001