May 11th marks the end of our (first?) 55 days of enforced isolation. What a peculiar experience it has been! With all commercial venues save gas stations, pharmacies, grocery and tobacco (?!) stores shut, and everyone limited to brief (one...

On March 17 we in France were all ordered to stay home to avoid spreading and catching the mysterious virus that was rampaging across the globe.The draconian measures in place here insisted that we not venture further than 1 kilometer...

Here are four prints I made from linoleum blocks I carved. They represent iconic landscapes close to where I live.This week of isolation, I finally made a few prints from what I had been working on for a while....

My family has always been scattered across the Atlantic and Continental US. For much of my life, my parents and sister lived in France, while I lived in the States. Later, I moved to France, while another sister and some...

Wanting a break from bustling, noisy Buenos Aires, and on the recommendation of a tango friend from there, I chose to spend a few days over Christmas in Montevideo, Uruguay. To get across the Rio de la Plata I took...

 Coming from Calafate, I flew over the Magellan Strait to come to the Tierra del Fuego, and the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia. The town name comes from the native Yaghan language, meaning "deep bay". The day I arrived...

About halfway into my Argentina adventure, I made a side trip to Patagonia, spending three days in El Calafate in the Andes mountains on the edge of the Argentine/Chilean border.I flew from Buenos Aires, and coming in to land at...

What a great way to avoid the depressing months of November and December! For the first time in my life, I crossed the Equator to visit the—to me—exotic country of Argentina.A good place to start in understanding someplace new is...

On the occasion of a good friend's 60th birthday, I went up to London to spend a few wonderful days together. We started off in London, where I tried to pack in a few exhibits in just a couple of...