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Traveller, photographer, open-mic musician, cyclist. Skeptical, not cynical.

Living in Oaxaca. Traveling by bus, visiting communities in these valleys and mountains.

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December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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Old CBS test pattern that showed onscreen before before the broadcast day began.

December 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM

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December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM

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Yanhuitlan, Mexico

A teaser for an upcoming story about my visit to a tiny village with a massive 16th Century church.

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A collage from Yanhuitlan, Mexico, a tiny empty village on a secondary road northwest of Oaxaca where sits an enormous church built by Mixtec labor in the 16th century.

Soon to be my next Substack article.

November 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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Today in Oaxaca

Enjoying huevos al gusto in a mom-and-pop cafe while Marilyn watches over me.

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An old poster of Marilyn Monroe in a Iittle Oaxaca cafe.

November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM

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Oaxaca, Mexico
Summer & Fall 2025

Four more recent phone shots from my Oaxaca Squares series.

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Family run taco table in Barrio La Noria.

Hat vendor in the tourist zone near Santo Domingo Church.

Travelers under the colonnade next to Oaxaca’s Zócalo.

November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM

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Lost Lagoon, Vancouver

Lost Lagoon at sunset, Stanley Park, Vancouver.

November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM

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Today in Oaxaca

Seems like I stumbled across a theme this morning. Both taken with my iPhone.

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A diptych from my local streets. Rough architecture, both featuring a Christian cross as a found object.

November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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As a photographer, I would give the photo editor most of the credit here.

Also, it looks like the Times has already replaced the photo with another.

November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM

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Oaxaca, Mexico 2025

Four more from my Oaxaca Squares gallery. All taken in the last few months with my iPhone.

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Bell ringer at Templo y Convento de San Francisco de Asís a few blocks south of the Zocalo.

Two nuns taking a stroll in the historical district.

Local shopkeepers hamming it up for a photograph.

Woman waiting outside one of the entrances to the vast Abasto street market.

November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Remember the backwards B woman who worked for the McCain campaign in 2008? Another faked attack.

McCain staffer from 2008 who faked an attack by Democratic supporters.

Trouble was she made the B herself in front of a mirror which kind of gave the game away.

November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM

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Remember the backwards B woman who worked for the McCain campaign in 2008? Another faked attack.

November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM

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Two white guys (American & Brit) who went to often brutal lengths to uncover long-buried Mayan ruins in the mid 19th century and changed the scientific narrative about Mesoamerican civilizations. More humble and respectful of cultures than you might expect given the attitudes of that era.