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Every year around this time I visit the Celebration of Fine Art, the art event that takes place every year between mid-January through March.  It's now in its 27th year.  There are 100 artists from all over the country who gather here to work and sell...

Visual Arts The well-attended recent Seattle Art Fair provided a numbered of opportunities to get a glance at work and artists we don’t often see in this region. Bay Area artists such as Ruth Asawa and Hung Liu had a number of works on view. Asawa,...

USA TRIP CONTINUED FROM NEW MEXICO - Starkville, CO Starkville, CO National Forest slogan "Land of Many Uses" FRIDAY OCTOBER 23rd, very mild and clear skies. Early cereal bfast and coffee then left Trinidad in the dark at 6.15am Crossed into New Mexico...

THAT LETHAL FIVE-CAR pile-up on Highway 20 near the Potter Valley turn-off? Captain Randy Johnson of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department kicked it off when he stopped to make a left turn into his private, unmarked driveway across a double...

Updated from the 2012 version: my concise city guide for photographers. I’ve added many cities to the list since the first edition, and things have of course changed. This guide is a shortlist of places worth visiting, places to be avoided, and places...