Turning slowly on the rotisserie, the chickens turn from birds to dinner.  The roasting potatoes are included in the deal and fire creates a meal.  Fire creates a meal when there is no fire at Read More …

The levelling of sand for tables and chairs is carried out with the precision of a garden bed.  The crop tourists. The yield pesos. Weeding and wiping tables the same seamless motion.  This garden grows Read More …

The clouds rend and the rains came!  On the streets of Puerto Vallarta the rains came — those seasonal rains that happen once in three months, according to some locals.  It rained for two hours Read More …

Tethered across the major streets in Puerto Vallarta are colourful versions of traditional prayer flags.  Lines of communication that bridge the buildings in this community to each other and beyond.  We just left Sunday Mass Read More …

  Access to wire delivered resources has become a major issue in many remote communities in Canada.  In much of the two-thirds world, patience with access to power has faded.  There is visual evidence, no Read More …

The close examination of flowers requires the vision of a bee.  Attraction to colour and hexagon shape may be at the root of a bees view of the nectar universe.  The view from the bi-ped Read More …

The gritting of sand in a sandal may be an irritation.  Walking 4300 steps with sand grinding calouses may save on a future pedicure.  At another level these irritations emerge as one leaves the routines Read More …

The stacking of stones to mark remembrance is not new. Before I delve into these rocky remembrances let us pause as civilization to remember history.  The mask is a visual stack of stones that mark Read More …

Burried in sand and anchoring whatever is tethered to it is this oversized multi -spiked protein model, a visual larger than any icon.  There was a time when snakes and crawling things would scare our Read More …