Tag: Nature
Monte Verità: Switzerland’s ‘Mountain of Truth’
At the beginning of the 20th century, a hilltop in Ascona, Switzerland became a center for unconventional idealists and reformers. Theosophists, writers, visual and...
In County Donegal, Ireland: the Wild Atlantic Way
We arrived in Ireland's County Donegal from County Sligo. The remote county's bays and sandy beaches etched into the shoreline, and the uncertain weather...
Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way through County Sligo
The new driving route along 2,500 km (1,500 miles) of Ireland's Atlantic shoreline is now officially open. Stretching from Malin Head in the north--with...
In County Sligo, step into Irish history with SeaTrails
In the shadow of Sligo's Benbulbin mountain, the Atlantic crooks inward onto Irish shores at Streedagh beach. A walk along this stretch of the...
Buddhist wall paintings for Chhairo Gompa, Nepal
Painted images are highly valued as tools representing the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist wall paintings representing protector deities line the walls of temples...
Alphorns at 2,200 meters–A Swiss summer tradition
Several years ago, on a weekend excursion to the mountains near Lucerne, my husband and I met a troupe of alphorn players from Canton...
Mornings in Gujurat
This time last year, I was road-tripping across the Indian state of Gujurat. Each morning seemed to herald a new world, the day’s beginning...
Through the lens: Valle di Muggio, Ticino
When leaves have already dropped elsewhere in Switzerland’s mountain regions, it is time to head south—as far south as you can go without leaving...
Through the lens: The Swiss bench
They are everywhere you look: beside precipitous mountain paths, under shady trees, in parks, and beside lakes and parking lots. Swiss benches are an...
Photo: Pocket gardens bring green into a NYC summer
Oases of green tucked here and there around New York City offer respite from summer heat. This was the view from my bench in...
