April 10, 2020

Josehine Baker sang “J’ai deux amours,  Mon pays et Paris”  She sang of Manhattan and her enduring enchantment with Paris. I thought of that song as a fitting anthem of my own: New York and Paris are the two cities I love too.

I started this blog about six months ago, but my travels consumed my attention and directed my efforts elsewhere. I only got as far as some ideas, images, and this title.

And now the catastrophic impact of the coronavirus worldwide has made concentrating on any one thing a challenge. These past few weeks I’ve only wanted to read the latest news and connect with my loved ones many of whom live in or near these cities.

But today, I’m attempting to finish it. It will not be the blog I would have written six months ago.

Instead of recounting tales of my travels I wish to pay tribute to all my loved ones, friends, and people throughout the globe, who are facing extraordinary challenges, hardship, and tragedy with courage and strength.

Everyone I speak with is resounding with resilience AND exhibiting a great sense of humor!

The indomitable human spirit is in evidence everywhere.

Now that I’ve begun writing again I hope to continue where I left off and share with you my travels in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. And how I arrived here on a hilltop outside of a town called Coyhaique in Chile.

I hope this finds you well. May these words and images bring you some moments of peace.

Stay healthy and safe.