I haven’t done much posting lately. I know I have said this before, and I will likely say it again. Life has a habit of getting in the way of my plans. I am cleaning up my photo pile and I am so excited about all of the photos. I have decided to give you a small bit of my Moroccan expedition with Chava. Our G-Adventure tour took us to several co-op factories. Doofus that I am I have failed to write down the name of this one. I am hoping one of my fellow tour-mates can refresh my memory so I can add it here. This post is mostly a photo dump, with a some small comments. A more extensive discussion will be in the next post. Most of the photos are raw, without editing. Lodema, this whole post is dedicated to you, and to all of my artisan friends. All photos are my own. Taken on a Samsung. I encourage you to enlarge the photos by clicking on them. It will give you a slide show, without the comments. All of this is done on a kick wheel This is the kiln. Pottery is stacked inside a ...
It has taken me over a year to get to an emotional place where I can post about my trip to Svalbard. It was profound and life altering. The first step in the process is to sort thru the thousands of photographs. Remove the absolute rubbish. Decide which ones are about moments that are personal, and those that may be interesting to other people. It is like deciding which of your children you want to show off. I have decided to split them into three piles. Rocks and Ice, Plants and Animals, and People and Trip Notes. All of the photos are my own. Please let me know if you are going to use them elsewhere. I have added a few notes. If you want to just look at the photos, click on any one and you will see a slide show at the bottom. There are a couple of very amateurish videos. They will not show up in the slide show, but I think they are worth looking at. Svalbard is a group of islands belonging to Norway, but you reach them by pla...