Capturing Grace on a 21 day journey through Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova, Prague and France. Storkyrkan, officially named Sankt Nikolai kyrka and informally called Stockholms domkyrka, is the oldest church in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. The Storkyrkan (Great Church) was built in...
Every year 8,000 to 10,000 pilgrims meet at the Notre Dame in Paris for the Paris-Chartres Pilgrimage that occurs on the Feast of Pentecost. It is a multi-generational, multi-national gathering of people who draw closer to God through the centuries-old act of pilgrimage. The walk is...
Only Carisa and I could make so many memories in so little time. Sifting through our photographs it’s hard to believe it was only twenty four hours. I loved sipping coffee with Carissa at Mimosa cafe and meeting friends from her new home in Topanga Canyon....
After a journey that had begun almost 24 hours prior, I found myself standing eye to eye with a massive silverback gorilla in the Congo jungle. My adrenalin was pumping at a rate I had never before experienced....
During a series of flights that took me from Jodhpur to Delhi, Delhi to Dubai and Dubai to Washington D.C. I had plenty of time to reflect on the last five weeks in Asia with Carissa. I was already missing Carols Chili chicken and grandma...
Not to sound like grandfather twilight but the older I get, the more I look for something that makes me wake up excited and anxious to get out of bed. Waking up on the rooftop of the Shahi guest house has become that morning moment...
On our way out of the historic town of Jodhpur, en-route to ride camels in the desert, our auto rickshaw was caught in a traffic/donkey jam. The streets are too narrow for anything other than single file so our driver had no choice but to...
Flying over India, en-route to Jodhpur, our hearts were still with people and places that now lie 20,000 feet below. Still processing the experiences and memories from Varanasi, our plane took us to Delhi and then on to Jodhpur, just shy of the border of...
Tucked behind a wall to prevent myself from being blasted by water, I watched and then photographed this little boy covered in mud attempting to clear the steps of a Ghat from it’s mud....
Situated on the west bank of the Ganges River, Varanasi is one of the oldest cities of the world and the most sacred city in India. People come from all over to pray, collect sacred water, bathe, and yes, attend to their dead. Some even...
