We were sitting in a restaurant in Lisbon last night and a Canadian prarie woman asked us where in Canada we were from.  A brief exchange and we engage in a conversation about recovery.  Her Read More …

The coupling of glazed-fired tile with building exteriors creates a vacuum for paint sales.  Tiles like magazine pages can become a veneer for anything.  These throwback suitcases, laminated with magazine pages are ready for the Read More …

The table is set.  In this museum that masquerades as palace the table is always ready to entertain. The table is unattended. The problem with most invitations is that someone needs to go first.  Who Read More …

Across the miles and along the shores of every country we have visited there have always been demonstrations of recovery.  Meetings.  People living and enjoying life.  Great food.  Wellness!  Great art!  Spiritual nurture and principled Read More …

The street art of Lisbon has been the topic of many conversations.  Visitors admire.  Artists descry! These oversized, over politicized images not only leave a visual mark on the streetscapes — they make statements.  The Read More …

Sometimes “this packing a suitcase” is more than delight!  Tonight putting each carefully selected item in my carry-on bag (Yes, that is all the worldly stuff one really needs) I am ready for six weeks Read More …

Much of our reflection as people has to do in some sense with the image makers in our lives.  The who, of who we are as image bearers.  The great difficulty with this fleeting rootedness Read More …

Turning vision into practice takes more than looking at flowers.  It will, in the words of Henri Nouwen, capture the revolutionaries.  Critical prophets are people who attract others by their inner power.  Those who meet Read More …

The newly launched careers of a couple of time-share sales people are set for success in this pirate ship.  All day and all night the hucksters of vacation rentals, time-shares, condo-projects and other tourist traps Read More …

On the Malecon in Puerto Vallarta there is a large scale sculpture of Jacob’s Ladder.  The sculpted work scaled up from the art of Sergio Bustamante is more than tourist attraction.  This work of interactive Read More …