Of Monkeys and Men…

The morning sun peeked its golden head over the Mt. of Olives just as we pulled into Jerusalem. We have been gone only a week, but experienced so much life that it seems like a month. Not letting the Middle Eastern sand get hot beneath our feet, we are off to Europe in a few…

Led by Children

Children leading a blind man on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Monkeys and Much More…

We are currently in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa has had unprecedented rains, so the streets are very muddy. Glad I brought my crocs–so easy to clean in the hotel room each evening after wading through mud and water all day. We have met some wonderful people and I have taken some interesting shots. Yesterday we drove…

Zero Agenda

For the few remaining devoted readers of  “culture vs content,” I apologize for being such a bad blogger over the last few months. To say my life has been busy would be an understatement. I am not complaining. It has been fun, at times frustrating and utterly exhausting, and never boring. The last two and…

Saying Good-bye

We are in the airport in St. Petersburg waiting to fly to the USA…

Record Rainfall in Israel

I love to see city lights reflected in rain puddles at night. It is so pretty–kind of mesmerizing. I snapped this night before last as we drove home from a Purim party. Record rainfall in Israel last week and this is really greening up the terrain. The place looks beautiful with the early spring flowers…

Feeling of Home

This will date me. Yesterday I downloaded an old movie from iTunes and enjoyed watching every moment of it. As I soaked in the story and cinematography, I kept asking myself why I loved it so much. Well, it was “Jeremiah Johnson,” and it’s the story of a mountain man right after the Civil War…