Wherever I go, like Paul Simon, I'm noticing angels in the architecture.  (I have a thing for angels, which I c...

This is a re-posting from July of 2011, when we were in Greece.  It inspired quite a few comments.  Be patient, readers! ...

I’ve written before about the murals that fill nearly every wall in the Mission District of San Francisco—locally   designed art...

This painting by America Artist Grant Wood is one of the ten most famous paintings in the world and one of the most parodied (along wi...

  Last week, when I read that the volcano of Popocatepetl, known fondly in Mexico as “El Popo”, was producing fire, smoke, lav...

We’re presently at Costa Navarino in Messina, Greece, a super-luxurious resort complex which is devoted to ecological reform as well as s...

(please click on the photos to see the whole thing) ( A wonderful painting of Granada--wish I could remember the  artist's name) I...