This one’s from our buddy Chris Tait, who appar­ently is also a pyro­ma­niac. Thank you so so so much Chris. That was unbe­liev­ably awesome. Actually, Chris and I share the same birth­day, the same first name, and the same love for the pho­to­graphic medium. So happy birth­day Chris! Also, thanks Mom and Dad for the email [...]

Wow! Who knew turning 30 would be such a blast. I just want to say thanks to every­one for the kind wishes (espe­cially Laura for arran­ging so many neat sur­prises). We had another party last night here at Christine’s place in Piacenza. It was a funeral theme, and all of Christine’s inter­na­tional school friends came [...]

I know I can speak for Laura as well when I say that we found it dif­fi­cult to leave Lanciano. As I write this, we’re speed­ing north in a cozy train com­part­ment toward Piacenza, Italy to see our friend Christine. Laura is napping on the seats across from me, lines of sun­light and shadow moving [...]

Hi all, We’re running to our overnight train for Nagpur and Seoni, so I’ve got to make quick work of this post. Here are some photo high­lights from Day 4–7 in Jaipur and Agra, which are two of the three points of the Golden Triangle (Delhi being the third). Dana (finally) joined us on our last [...]

As you might expect, our past three days in Delhi have been pretty excit­ing. We’ve been amazed with all of the con­trasts in this complex culture, and are slowly getting used to the way things work. While waiting for the wedding on Friday we’ve had a chance to get a good look at most of [...]