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I have traveling fever and see no relief from the infectious, but welcome disease anytime in the near future. Symptoms are getting worse. Flights are being purchased at random that are taking me further and further away from "home" for longer and longer periods of time. I really can't imagine life NOT on the road anymore. I will explore all 193+ countries. Yes, I am a "professional blogger." I'm also a photog enthusiast. What you see is what you get... and that's nothing short of wonderful.

The beauty and magic of this video has entranced me. It animates me. I dance ballet… Nature by Numbers etereaestudios.com

I was just browsing through my Flickr account and musing over the collection of photos I’ve managed to gather throughout my years of travel… which led me to a thought: why not start regularly posting a random photo from the past? Hence the birth of Foto Flashback. This photo is a portrait of a Vietnamese [...]

“Transition” has been the word on my lips for the past several months. “I’m ready for a transition,” I say. “I DO NOT want to stop traveling but I’m ready to graduate to the next level. I loved my five years of budget backpacking – the experiences I’ve had, the people I’ve encountered, the life [...]

Just an enchanting video of gigantic, magical bubbles…

Okay. This is getting absolutely ridiculous. But, it is proven through my own self-study: I don’t write/blog = my bowels get blocked. I do write/blog = my bowels function. Thus, I really need to find a way to get paid for my mental musings… MY HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT! Which, ultimately means, I need to [...]

A brief email from Caballo Blanco inspired me to respond with this: Challenges are the training ground for restoring us to become the divine, loving beings we are destined to be. Posting the quote as my status on Facebook (ironically enough if you see my prior post) instigated this: Me: I do believe I’m learning [...]

Facebook Feels Unfriendly Toward Film It Inspires Behind the scenes… [Mark] Zuckerberg and his colleagues have been locked in a tense standoff with the filmmakers [of The Social Network], who portray Facebook as founded on a series of betrayals, then fueled by the unappeasable craving of almost everyone for “friends” — the Facebook term for [...]

Improvox is a new iPad application developed by the concert pianist Robert Taub and his company MuseAmi. Improvox came about after Mr. Taub tried to help his kids learn music. (New York Times) Amazing, exciting… and thought-provoking. So I’m seeing a trend here… this program which can turn a tone deaf crow into a harmonized [...]

So why the goodbyes? Why the farewell to Playa? I met him, my king… ********** At First Sight When we arrived at the Blue Bay Riviera Maya resort we did what we did for each wedding we photographed. Cameras to face, my very talented Italian colleague and I descended upon the bride, her family and [...]

Before, thanks to my almost uncontainable excitement for the next step of my journey, I always managed to subdue the melancholy of a “goodbye.” But these past few life transitions these past couple of years have left me red-eyed and profoundly touched. I had to say goodbye to some truly remarkable people during my last [...]