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. The post this year features photos from Denmark, China, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, South Korea, and Turkey. This post is part of an annual tradition.  For previous years, check out 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. You can also see my 100 f ..read more

In both science fiction and contemporary culture, a significant fear has skyrocketed up the list of primary threats to humanity: the approach of the Singularity. This hypothetical moment marks the emergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), when AI attains sentience. The concern is that such sentient AI might rapidly dominate the world, while enslaving or eradicating humanity. Whether driven by malice or a misguided sense of benevolence, the implications for humanity are often portrayed as grim. From Skynet in Terminator, to the Borg in Star Trek, and even the Kaylon in Seth MacFarlan ..read more

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