By Patricia L. CookArtists have painted and photographed the scenery and wildlife of Idaho but nothing compares to the Dog Bark Park Inn in Cottonwood—the “Noble and Absurd Undertaking” of artists Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin. They’ve expressed their love of dogs by constructing two giant beagle-shaped structures, one of which serves as a one-family […]
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It’s said that before a Yachak is born, the fetus cries in the womb. Yachaks are shamans here in Ecuador… healers. And, last Friday, as part of our Travel Photography Expedition, we set out to meet four of them. I wrote about a Shamanic Spa treatment here in Cotacachi earlier this year. See The Egg and […]
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I’m in Ecuador this week hosting our second photography expedition in Cotacachi this year. So, today’s “Olympic Fuel” tip comes from professional photographer, Rich Wagner, here with us. Rich offered up this “focus” tip to an attendee during our group photo review this morning. Take a close look at the photo below. The little boy […]
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by Elaine M. StromThe sun’s brilliant mantle slowly descends over the shadow cloak of night, revealing the most majestic mountains on this earth. Welcome to Banff, Canada. Draw back the drapes, step out onto the balcony, and you will find an invigorating adventure along the Bow River and Bow Falls trails waiting below. Although these […]
by Leanne MatzengerCampers, hikers, and horseback riders, eager to escape the congested streets of their hometowns, flock to the brilliant Superstition wilderness. Here, tiny lilac flower clusters dot the emerald hillside. Giant saguaro grow sky high, their ribbed branches bursting with white funnel-shaped flowers. And sporadic clumps of pale yellow grass grow haphazardly across rolling […]
by Mary Anne Lonze Sampans skim past, laden with heavy cargo that sinks their hulls into the murky brown water. Women cast circular fishing nets, then slap the water with paddles to attract fish into the traps.Children lie on wooden decks scribbling homework as a stove seeps tendrils of smoke under a weathered pot of pho. […]
