The Journal
Stories from the Field
Dispatches from the trail — landscapes, wildlife, alpacas, and the road in between.
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Alpaca-preneur!? Married!? Wuh!? Did Not See THAT Coming…
5 years!? My oh my oh my…it’s been too long. Waaaay too long since my last post. Because of that, please excuse any inconsistencies in sentence structure, punctuation, or, hell,…
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Peaks n’ ‘Pacas in Peru – An Alpaca Fueled Trek Through The Andes – Part 5 – You Knew It Had To Happen – Machu Picchu
‘The Temple of the Sun’That’s where she told us we were standing as she explained that everyone gets it wrong when they call it the Incan Empire.For it was not…
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Although Everyone Already Knows A Luz, Everyone Needs To KNOW Luz.
This is not a photography post, but it’s much more important than any post I may have posted.I’d like to introduce you to Luz Emilia Haddad, one of the most…
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Peaks n’ ‘Pacas in Peru – An Alpaca Fueled Trek Through The Andes – Part 4 – From Fleece Geeks To Pee Fleece
Following two full days of exploring the region’s most revered breeders and pastures, and being educated by, and about, the various co-ops being organized and popping up to help command…
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Peaks n’ ‘Pacas in Peru – An Alpaca Fueled Trek Through The Andes – Part 3 – The Vicuna Chaccu
As we sat in our various hiding positions amongst the rocks in that outcropping, after about an hour or so, the corners of our eyes began catching modest spatterings of…
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Sometimes We Just Need Some Purty Pictures. Because 2020.
Yep, it’s been a year.Kinda feels like it’s been 40.And I know most of you feel the same.So all I want to do is look at some purty pictures.Will you…
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Peaks n’ ‘Pacas in Peru – An Alpaca Fueled Trek Through The Andes – Part 2 – From Coca Tea to Casa Chapi
As soon as I jumped out of the van to photograph a rare wild vicuna on the side of the road (if you don’t know what that is, ohhhh boy…
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Peaks n’ ‘Pacas in Peru – An Alpaca Fueled Trek Through The Andes – Part 1 – Where The Wacky Alpacky Hath Led Me
I had just boarded my connecting flight from Orlando to Lima, Peru and settled into my seat when I remembered my headphones were still in my bag in the overhead…
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Granted the Gift of Time at Oakwood Gardens
For visualization purposes, imagine literally standing outside your bedroom door with your morning coffee to be greeted by (and get to feed) alpaca on one side, and then looking in…
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Now Is The Time To Invite The Healing Powers Of Mother Nature Into Your Home – A Few Free Gifts (And An Announcement…)
If there was ever a time to invite the healing powers of nature into your heart, mind, soul, and self-quarantine quarters, this be it!!First and foremost I trust and hope…
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Signs of the Times – A Collection of the “Closed for Covid’ Signs Posted Around Town
We couldn’t help but notice the variety of customized covid ‘closed’ signs posted on the businesses around town. While it may not be anything terribly profound, special or exciting, it…
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Unwrapping Uncertainties on the Waterfront. Forced to Face The ‘Rona Amongst the Portland Cherry Blossoms
It was mid-March and I flew into Sacramento. I was scheduled to work and visit my girlfriend in Nevada City, California, just outside Tahoe. The plan was to be there…