I’ve started volunteering with the Swedish Red Cross as a photojournalist, and will be sharing highlights from projects and assignments once in a while.

The last few weeks have been quite busy on many fronts….ramping up on my Swedish, immersing fully in a new culture, trying to work smarter, not harder…

I felt uncomfortable watching her writhe in pain, wailing. Other village women tried consoling her, but her screams were deafening. From what I could gather, she’d lost a loved one and her wails were a mixture of grief and regret. Regret that she’d failed them in so many ways. My heart was breaking…

He strolled in well-dressed, brown coat slung across one arm, a worn out briefcase in the other. He clearly didn’t want to be there. In his past life, it seemed, he’d been used to so much more…

Back in from a brisk, cold walk around the icy block, underneath the snow-crusted bridge, along railroad tracks…alone with my thoughts.

A quick glance at just the first 6 months of my calendar and 2010 is looking very travel-heavy. Each month will find me someplace or two different…

The first thing we did upon our late-night arrival into Houston was go to the Houston Food Bank the very next morning.

oday is 2009 Blog Action Day- Climate Change. Take Action. Even if it starts with just heightening your awareness of the world around you.

While typing up answers for an upcoming interview for Live Unchained, I came across this question: Do you think that what a traveler stands to gain or contribute varies in different settings? Got me really thinking way past the question. The act of travel in itself is so subjective. It touches and transforms us all [...]

Been dreaming of Tibet for awhile now. Catching a marathon session of the BBC’s evocatively beautiful Wild China on Travel Channel did nothing to quell the lust. After reviewing Idealist.org’s Handbook, that familiar fire has been burning again. While travel for the next few months till December will be confined to stateside exploits, no doubt, [...]