EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ON 5TH AVENUE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY READING ROOM ph-10284 GRAND CENTRAL STATION THE PLAZA HOTEL CENTRAL PARK METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROCKEFELLER CENTER LENNON MEMORIAL, STRAWBERRY FIELDS, CENTRAL PARK wINSLOW HOMER - METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

Gotham City

Everything that is loved and hated about America resides in the 5 borough metropolis known as New York City.  The most populous city in the United States retains its place as a leader in almost everything that is going to be anything, and often does it in excess.  In my trips there I have palpably felt […]... Read More
WATWILL Toggenburg as seen from the castle Iberg in Wattwil SANTIS SANTIS PANOROMA LOOKING SOUTH -CHURFIRSTEN SANTIS VIEW SANTIS PANOROMA LOOKING SOUTH - CHUFIRSTEN EINSIEDELN EINSIEDELN HOCH YBRIG GRINDELWALD END OF THE WORLD - ENGELBERG

A Fine Man, a Wattwil Native Son

       An especially favorite uncle passed today; he was a tremendous brother to my mother, a great friend to my father, a wonderful husband and father to his family.  I want to especially honor him today by reflecting  on how he brought his heimat – the love and attachment to a homeland –  to me, a nephew […]... Read More
THE TETON RANGE GRAND TETON AND MT. MORAN WHITE WATER KAYAKING SNAKE RVER SNAKE RIVER BASIN, NATIONAL ELK REFUGE BISON IN THE NATIONAL ELK REFUGE SURFING THE SNAKE

The West is Jackson

      A very special place on earth is Jackson, Wyoming. A little town of 8600 inhabitants sits in one of the most beautiful venues on earth and is definitely worth a trip to see and experience. The town is the gateway to some of the more spectacular natural formations on the American continent. Rising over […]... Read More