by JE | th Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
The next morning, Franky, the son of the owner of the Havana lodgings offered to take me in his taxi to the bus station. My departure was delayed some minutes when I looked at my left arm and saw a bloody gash from one of my backpack straps, but I applied antibiotic...
by JE | nd Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
A trip to Cuba today is no mean feat. I studied the Cuban Revolution in graduate courses at my alma mater, and, after many years of pondering, in early 2021, I began planning in earnest travel and exploration here. The trip would have to wait until I retired from...
by JE | th Oct | Blogs, Life Story
When I was about six, I came across in my father’s library The Family of Man, a book published in 1955 to coincide with a seminal Museum of Modern Art exhibition of photography. Edited by Edward Steichen and incorporating choice selections submitted by thousands of...
by JE | th Aug | Blogs, Cultures, International Relations, Middle East, The Daily Struggle
Suddenly nauseous, I felt I just couldn’t take another step under the scorching sun, and collapsed on a sidewalk to recover. It seemed all the hotels in the town of Wadi Musi were closed, so I would have no options but to keep climbing a steep hill. After I lay down...
by JE | th Sep | Blogs, Danger, Latin America, Photography and People, Uncategorized
As part of my work in Brazil, one of my two-year Foreign Service postings, I am assigned to visit Campos, a city some five hours drive from the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. I pack my camera and clothes and, after driving north from my Rio apartment, I enter...