Happy Losar! Tibetan New Year
Happy 2140, the year of the snake! Though Losar, like Chinese New Year, is generally an occasion for festivities, things for Tibetans are a little…
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A New Year’s Workout
The new year brings resolutions, pacts with oneself to accomplish goals, quit bad habits, begin new ones, eat less, exercise more. As I was taking…
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In this season of festive hospitality, I can’t help think about the many homes I’ve visited on assignment around the world. Some of the most…
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Work on my latest book, Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa…, took me to Yunnan Province in search of tea, one half of
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Back in Shangri-La, working with ten talented photographers from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the USA at the first-ever Black Box International Photo Workshop. One…
Continue ReadingThe Day the Mountain Light Faded
This past weekend marked the tenth anniversary of the tragic death of Galen and Barbara Rowell. I can still remember the shock I felt when…
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