Off Duty · explore
Everything, in order.
The whole journal as a contact sheet: newest first, then by place, then the longer stories and the things I tried.
The front page picks a few. This is all of them.
Recent
Italy, end of Septembertravel · Italy · Sep 19, 2023Florence, then Rome, then a day in Pompeii: a week of looking up at bronze and marble, and down at walls painted nineteen centuries ago.
Guatemalatravel · Guatemala · Jan 17, 2022Tikal at sunrise, Lake Atitlán from a terrace, Antigua's arch, and a volcano that erupts on schedule while you watch from the next mountain over.
A week in Quintana Rootravel · Quintana Roo, Mexico · Dec 26, 2021Cenotes, murals, and a painted sign that turned out to be instructions. The last week of 2021, spent mostly underground or on the road.
Petraphotography · Petra, Jordan · Dec 25, 2019Christmas Day at Petra: the Treasury at the end of the Siq, then the long climb to the Monastery.
Freefalllife · Sep 6, 2026Out of the plane and grinning. One photograph, taken by someone who does this every day.
Places
Guatemala
- Guatemalatravel · Jan 17, 2022
Tikal at sunrise, Lake Atitlán from a terrace, Antigua's arch, and a volcano that erupts on schedule while you watch from the next mountain over.
Italy
- Italy, end of Septembertravel · Sep 19, 2023
Florence, then Rome, then a day in Pompeii: a week of looking up at bronze and marble, and down at walls painted nineteen centuries ago.
Petra, Jordan
- Petraphotography · Dec 25, 2019
Christmas Day at Petra: the Treasury at the end of the Siq, then the long climb to the Monastery.
Quintana Roo, Mexico
- A week in Quintana Rootravel · Dec 26, 2021
Cenotes, murals, and a painted sign that turned out to be instructions. The last week of 2021, spent mostly underground or on the road.
Stories
- travel · Italy · Sep 19, 2023
Italy, end of September
Florence, then Rome, then a day in Pompeii: a week of looking up at bronze and marble, and down at walls painted nineteen centuries ago.
- travel · Guatemala · Jan 17, 2022
Guatemala
Tikal at sunrise, Lake Atitlán from a terrace, Antigua's arch, and a volcano that erupts on schedule while you watch from the next mountain over.