Wow, that year went by in a flash. As I now enter the last year of my 30s and speed toward the start of my 13th year in Denmark life is busy, but good. I find myself a little restless but mostly hungry for new ways to nurture my creativity. Balance remains a challenge, but one that comes from a focus on intentionality as I work to protect energy for spaces, activities, and people that bring joy and growth while letting go of old narratives, hobbies, and habits that I’ve outgrown. In addition to this post, I had the chance to sit down and record a two-part interview earlier this year where I t ..read more

I’ve always been very interested in language, culture, how we communicate and the different influences our native and adopted cultures have on us. Several years ago I was introduced to the communication pattern charts from “When Cultures Collide” by Richard Lewis. I love how these provide an easy to understand and relate to visual way of comparing and contrasting different cultural tendencies. While they’re in no way exhaustive, I think they serve a role when used properly as a baseline for having conversations – similar to how I approach and use personality tests. At times, these can manifes ..read more

I’ve been captivated by the AI inspired art that has exploded in popularity in 2023. While I don’t find the usage of such art or enhancements attractive for my travel and landscape photography I had an idea. Why not combine a mixture of current interests and passions to see if I could create something very different from the majority of AI art I’ve seen. As I’ve written about in previous posts, I’m currently fascinated by Etchings going so far as to buy my first two etchings last year. One of which was a random Danish naval scene, the other of which was a Luigi Rossini piece from 1822. At the ..read more

Every year I post 100 of my favorite photos from the year’s travels. As part of my photo-editing process, I edit my photos chronologically. This means that the more travel or photo-intensive my trips are, the longer it tends to take me to close out a year. 2022 was a lovely year of travels and included visits to the American Southwest, Austria, Italy, Norway, Vietnam, Sweden and Denmark. It also included an incredible honor and exciting award as I was recognized as one of 9 Honorable Mentions in the 2022 National Geographic ‘Pictures of the Year’ photo contest. This was an incredibl ..read more

Every year I post 100 of my favorite photos from the year’s travels. As part of my photo-editing process, I edit my photos chronologically. This means that the more travel or photo-intensive my trips are, the longer it tends to take me to close out a year. 2022 was a lovely year of travels and included visits to the American Southwest, Austria, Italy, Norway, Vietnam, Sweden and Denmark. It also included an incredible honor and exciting award as I was recognized as one of 9 Honorable Mentions in the 2022 National Geographic ‘Pictures of the Year’ photo contest. This was an incredible honor an ..read more

Another year in the books! This one certainly raced past. All in all it was a great year and I’ve got a lot to be grateful for. The world properly re-opened. Work has been good. I’ve had a series of exciting successes. Some difficult family health issues that arose ended up being resolved positively. I continue to love Copenhagen and I’ve enjoyed some fantastic travels. So, what’s this post? As some of you have now come to anticipate – every year I publish a birthday reflection post. I hope you’ll enjoy these thoughts and take them for what they are – an attempt to share the world as I s ..read more

Every year I post 100 of my favorite photos from the year’s travels. As part of my photo-editing process, I edit my photos chronologically. This means that the more travel or photo-intensive my trips are, the longer it tends to take me to close out a year. This is why this post comes in November, though it features photos from 2021. I hope you’ll enjoy the mixture of landscapes and destinations. 2021 was all about a mixture of local photos in the first half of the year, and then good travel photos in the later months as I was finally able to go back out into the world and resume my exploratio ..read more

Every year I post 100 of my favorite photos from the year’s travels. As part of my photo-editing process, I edit my photos chronologically. This means that the more travel or photo-intensive my trips are, the longer it tends to take me to close out a year. This is why this post comes in September, though it features photos from 2021. I hope you’ll enjoy the mixture of landscapes and destinations. 2021 was all about a mixture of local photos in the first half of the year, and then good travel photos in the later months as I was finally able to go back out into the world and resume my explorati ..read more

Hello 37! How rapidly you have arrived. For those unfamiliar, every year I publish a birthday reflection post. I hope you’ll enjoy these thoughts and take them for what they are – an attempt to share the world as I see it and how I relate to it. It’s a mixture of observations, musings, reflections, and advice. You can view my 36th birthday post here, 35th birthday post here, 34th birthday post here, 33rd birthday post here, 32nd birthday post here, 31st birthday post here, my more detailed 30th birthday post here, my musings on turning 29 here, or ..read more

Every year I post 100 of my favorite photos from the year’s travels.  It goes without saying that 2020 wasn’t exactly conducive to travel on the scale of previous years. I’ve actively taken a conservative approach to movement, and focused on best practices. This has meant that most of my time spent photographing in 2020 focused on Denmark. However, during July Governmental guidance created a “Green” corridor for approved travel and freedom of movement within Denmark, Norway and Svalbard. It was during this window that I visited Svalbard and the far north of Norway as part of a road ..read more