Author: Tricia A. Mitchell
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Photo du Jour: Meeting of the Matryoshki – Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Matryoshka dolls await buyers at a market in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The first set of such wooden nesting dolls was made in the late 1890s. The word matryoshka, or матрёшка, means “little maiden” in Russian. The designs of the delightful dolls featured above are pretty traditional, however, in countries such as the Czech Republic and Russia, I’ve…
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Photo du Jour: A Balinese Balancing Act in Ubud
With baskets of soil balanced on their heads, three Balinese women ascend the stairs of a performance theater in Ubud, Bali. The graceful stance of the laborers is reminiscent of the dancers who perform there regularly in the evenings.
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Memorial Day in Normandy
It was a fitting day to pay our respects at the American Military Cemetery in Normandy, France. Red, white and blue American and French flags adorned every snow-white marker in the cemetery. Clouds made scarce appearances in the sky. Mother Nature had rolled out her best weather. It was Memorial Day 2010. As we walked…
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Photo du Jour: Nap Time in Saigon
Despite the sound of thousands of whizzing motorbikes, a man in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam managed to catch some zzzzs in an ergonomically challenging position. When I snapped this shot, a diner looking out from the neighboring restaurant window flashed me a wide grin. He signaled his approval of this captured moment with a…
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Photo du Jour: East Meets West – Mekong Delta, Vietnam
On a Mekong Delta boat, a woman sporting a traditional Asian nón lá hat, converses with her cowboy hat-clad colleague.
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The Taj Mahal: A Monument to Love… Or Corn?
You’ve undoubtedly seen images of the Taj Mahal many, many times. Still, nothing can quite compare you for your first glimpse of this marvelous mausoleum. On the morning I planned to visit, I woke up with the roosters. It was my first time in India and I was determined to arrive before thousands of additional…
