On May 27th, 2011, ROSE ARBOR…
…is full of red at the big neighboring park of Villa Doria Pamfilj where the turning weather of hot summer days is sending me for daily bike rides…
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On May 12th, 2011, OREGON MOSS…
…that I am admiring on a hike this afternoon just west of Portland in the valley of the Willamette River is cool and moist and all colors mossy…
On March 29th, 2011, DEN HAAG’S PALEISTUIN NOORDEINDE…
…the public gardens of the royal palace, is where I find the happiest people in town today, sitting in a circle on the ground among their bikes playing…
On March 19th, 2011, CASTEL SAN PIETRO…
…is the tiny hill town an hour north of Rome near Poggio Mirteto where I am lucky enough to be at a friend’s place for the weekend –…
On February 3rd, 2011, CIMITERO DEGLI ACATTOLICI AL TESTACCIO…
…or “Cimitero degli Inglesi,” or ‘The Protestant Cemetery in Rome,” or the cemetery of artists and poets – such as Keats and Shelley – is a mysterious hidden…
On January 6th, 2011, ACACIA DEALBATA…
…the fragrant yellow Mimosa tree native to Australia whose clouds of clustered of bright yellow pom-pom flowers are the first sign of spring in the Italian landscape, is…
On December 28th, 2010, VILLA SCIARRA…
…is the hidden public park just around the corner which I have escaped to this morning – with sun shining and flu waning – named for the villa…
On November 16th, 2010, ‘A LANDSCAPE MANIFESTO’ BY DIANA BALMORI…
…is the smart & beautiful new book that I am seeing all over Europe by the innovative and influential New York-based Argentinian – by way of Spain and…
On October 31st, 2010, THE BARLEY FIELDS…
…of Southern Tuscany, the austere sensuous rolling terrain marked with cypress lines and clusters is one of my favorite all-time landscapes which even seems sacred and mystical speeding…
On October 14th, 2010, VILLA DORIA PAMPHILI…
…the nearby park and the largest in Rome is one of my favorite places in town – just outside the Aurelian wall at Porta San Pancrazio – where…
On October 6th, 2010, NEW LAND FOR THE NETHERLANDS…
…is being created in the North Sea to extend the Port of Rotterdam, and today I had a tour of the mind-blowing vastness of this operation – not…
On August 18th, 2010, LATE SUMMER SUNSET…
…over the meadow where crazy mobs of large dragonflies have been zigging and zagging all day to dine on recently hatched insects – as seen on the way…
On July 29th, 2010, A MACDOWELL COLONY FIELD
…is out the front door of my cabin-studio and this morning when you stood right in the center the clouds were perfectly framed.
On April 16th, 2010, KEYS TO GRAMERCY PARK IN NEW YORK CITY…
…gave us entry into this secret garden in the middle of New York – at the invitation of a friend who lives on Gramercy Park South (those who…