Let’s start with the color of the water. This is really what it looks like. No filter, no special effects. Just a snapshot on a regular old phone camera. Those blues and greens are real. We are celebrating the 100th …
On this Veterans Day, we remember all the living who have served in the military and all those who gave their lives for our country. These quotes are among the inscriptions at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. THE …
It was a sultry night in Cartagena de Indias. The prostitutes were lazing on benches and pretending to talk on their cell phones in the shadow of the Puerta del Reloj, where the three wide arches of the main …
“It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there’s not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is …
Assateague is a windswept barrier island off the coast of Maryland. In 1962 there was a 15-mile road running down the middle of it, all the way to the Virginia state line. “Baltimore Boulevard” was built to pave the way, …
Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and …