Photo lesson #1219. Major Household plumbing disasters are wonderful photo opportunities.

This is the cover of my new book hot off the press that I worked on with author and labor Professor Tom Juravich. Tom was the driving force behind this project that was funded in part by the AFLCIO. He is a wonderful man who did an outstanding job on […]

This is Ilulissat Greenland. Al Gore arrived at the climate summit in Copenhagen today to present a new report that the Greenland ice cap as well as other snow and ice covered regions of the world are “disappearing faster than anticipated”. Here is a link to the full report in […]

Copenhagen is one of my favorite cities on the planet. I traveled there with Max from Gonomad.com a year ago where I shot this picture in Tivoli Gardens. I wish I could be there now during the Climate talks. The next best thing to being there is to check out […]

First Snow.This Frozen Pink Flamingo is the marker of the grave of Fred, the greatest cat to have ever walked the earth. A friend of mine who spoke at his funeral many years ago said ,” there will not be a mouse safe in heaven”. Fred always liked the snow. […]

Members of the Northampton committee to stop the war staged a march of the dead today to protest the Afghanistan surge. It was a somber event. So many of us had hoped that Obama would be different. That “yes we can” meant that he was talking about peace. Here we […]

Spain is on the top of my food list. A few years ago on a culinary tour of Bilbao I met cook book author Janet Mendel. She humbled me with her knowledge of Spanish cuisine. She has just started a new blog from her home in southern Spain, My Kitchen […]

This is the Oyster plate served at La Couronne, the oldest Inn of France and the restaurant where Julia child was served her first meal of French food. What an honor it was to eat there. It is located in Rouen Normandy and was my first meal of many during […]