Writing Travel

Wednesday Window: Galerie Christian Bergeron, Old Quebec City

Regrets, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Plaque on tomb in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris: "Regrets."

Schools out! Shuffling off to Buffalo and upstate New York (but first, Brown County, Indiana)

Catchy cliches may not make the best blog post titles, but hey! I'm blogging again. My self-imposed quiet period has expired with the high school graduation 2 weeks ago of my daughter Sara. Now I'm looking forward to some s-l-o-w travel focused (pun intended) on improving my photography skills.

In a couple of days, I'm heading to Nashville in artsy Brown County, Indiana, to stay at Abe Martin Lodge, where I'll be studying with famed photographer Joyce Wilson at the Winona School.

In July, I'm signed on to learn more from Michael Barton of Indigo Photographic. Michael's studio is only 3 minutes by car from where I'm sitting on my own couch, so it's a bit ironic to be traveling to Geneva, New York, to hang out with him. However, I'm certain the surroundings in upstate New York will be conducive to learning, as we'll be based on the shore of Seneca Lake, staying on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

I'd love to hear your suggestions for the most photogenic sites (and sights) near my destinations. I'm driving to Brown County, flying into Buffalo and driving to Geneva, New York, from there.

And please look forward to more frequent updates here and on my photography site.

Corpse Bride and Victor Van Dort figures in the window of Album, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris

Figures from Tim Burton's film The Corpse Bride, among others, on display in the window of Album 84 on boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris. Located here in the Latin Quarter since 1948, Album 84 is the oldest bookshop in France specializing in comics, better known as BD or bande dessinee.

Wednesday Window ~ Hotel Baker 1928 stained glass peacock fanlight, St. Charles, IL