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

(The photos below were taken in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, unless otherwise labelled.)   I’ve always been drawn to explor...

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

(Please click on the photos to see them whole) I was looking through the new (August) issue of   Smithsonian Magazine when I saw the win...

(Please click on the photos to enlarge, or you'll never be able to see them.) The reason I write this blog, especially when traveling, i...

( please click on the photos to enlarge) I recently wrote about the “Fat Tuesday” celebrations in the village of San Martin Tilcajete outsid...