I am not singling out the Irish for special abuse. I belong to their tribe in spirit and by genetics. Really, any group of human beings would do. Correct my title to: “People do the oddest things,” and these two images will apply universally.    

At points of interest in our southern deserts you often find a trail leading to petroglyphs (rock markings) of the ancient kind, sometimes with modern written analysis posted alongside, attempting to explain the function or significance of the prehistorical marks. But consider my present-day “Petroglyphs” above. Could you now decipher what lies behind these contemporary […]

I ask myself why folks react in their individual ways to a structure like the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Not everybody thinks it the greatest thing in the world; moods and opinions differ. It suffers from its reputation and from its prolific representation in film and still imagery — it is hard to […]