Continue Reading Elphi Alfie? Why is everyone talking about Alfie, I wondered. It turns out I misheard. The topic of the day is Elphi, short…
Continue Reading Going Underground The river Elbe separates the Hamburg harbor and industrial sites from the city proper of Hamburg. Every day 10.000s of workers had…
Continue Reading Bremen Between the 14th and the 17th century European merchant guilds formed a loose confederation to protect and enhance their commercial interest -…
Continue Reading 24 hours later and finally here…. I read somewhere that the most looked up word in on-line dictionaries for 2016 was “surreal.” I assume that was…
Continue Reading NYC Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a woman who defied expectation. Founder of the Whitney Museum she was a progressive and unflappable patron of…
Continue Reading Travel Report # 1 I first came to New York in 1978. A time were I was still able (and willing) to jump turnstiles in moments…
Continue Reading SAVE THE DATE! The Refugees’ Dreams If you are interested in seeing my work on paper rather than on the computer screen and would like to…
Continue Reading An Exercise in Strength “Just see your servant’s suffering and misery. Just see his soul, a vulture in a trap.” This self- description by Ibn Gabriel, one…
Continue Reading On the first day of 2017 If your resolutions list looks like mine, it is fossilized as well. Since they are always the same resolutions you don’t need…
Continue Reading On the last day of 2016 I have so many things in mind on this last day of 2016. My gratitude for the support and encouragement of a growing…
