Ancient stone tablet with engraved text mounted on a weathered wall.
31 Oct

Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Croatia / Family / Resurrection / Travel
Gribovac, Plitvice Lakes, and a novel During the week 18-24 October 2023 Patrice and I visited Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes region to 1). take a one-week vacation and 2) to ‘ground...
An elderly woman with an owl on her shoulder, wearing a bonnet and ruffled collar.
07 Mar

The Netherlands, 2-12 February 2024

Germany / Recent Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avenue_at_Middelharnis The Avenue at Middelharnis is a Dutch Golden Age painting of 1689 by Meindert Hobbema. It shows a road leading to the village of Middelharnis on the island of...
Memorial stone honoring Père René Menard, erected in 1925.
27 Jun

A Park for all Seasons

Wisconsin
Father Menard Memorial, Merrilll Wisconsin My hometown, Merrill, Wisconsin, on the Wisconsin River, the superhighway French trappers, traders and Jesuit missionaries, the first  Europeans used in the early 1600s, the...
Foggy morning over a green field with grazing cows and garden furniture.
03 Sep

East Southeast France, Summer 2024

Deception
Rock wall along river This summer 2024 in SSE France has been exquisite. Cloudless skies, soft breezes, flowers blooming in succession.  Morning fogs descend the hills burning off by 9AM....