Nature

Hike of the Week: The Waters of Prospect Park

Think of a hike and you think of nature, right? And this hike in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park will look a lot like nature, but that’s actually a complete deception. Almost nothing in the entire park is “natural.”    When the then-city of…

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Gallery: The View From Home

March 25, 2014:   Two days ago I pondered a scary possibility, thinking I’d lost a great many of my photographs.  Yesterday, still on the hunt, I came upon the receipt for my digital camera, bought in 2007.  Checking travel dates,…

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A Springtime Walk in the Desert

  I’ve been intrigued by deserts ever since I first visited one as a teenager.  The first impression I remember having is of a lifeless, hostile and barren place.  It’s certainly a hostile environment but I couldn’t have been more wrong…

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Hike of the Week: The Waters of Prospect Park

Think of a hike and you think of nature, right? And this hike in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park will look a lot like nature, but that’s actually a complete deception. Almost nothing in the entire park is “natural.”    When the then-city of…

Read More

Gallery: The View From Home

March 25, 2014:   Two days ago I pondered a scary possibility, thinking I’d lost a great many of my photographs.  Yesterday, still on the hunt, I came upon the receipt for my digital camera, bought in 2007.  Checking travel dates,…

Read More

A Springtime Walk in the Desert

  I’ve been intrigued by deserts ever since I first visited one as a teenager.  The first impression I remember having is of a lifeless, hostile and barren place.  It’s certainly a hostile environment but I couldn’t have been more wrong…

Read More