Time for Recess

A calm, colorful day on Willoughby Lake in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. 

Photo of the Day 07/25/10 - In Case of Rain

The best part of a place like Venice is that even the most mundane item carries an oddly more significant weight in or near the canals. 

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Photo of the Day 06/03/10 - Ready for the Approaching Chaos

Some days, you've just got to trust that you can hold on for a little bit longer, that the best you've done will be good enough and that despite the darkness of the impending storm, it'll work out. Other days, you just have to tie it down, and hold on for dear life.

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Photo of the Day 05/14/10 - Adrift But Not Alone

Sometimes a clear blue sky isn't the best part of summer.

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Photo of the Day 05/06/10 - Ship of Fools

The herds of tourists (not travelers) that get shuttled into Venice each morning are legion. It's astounding, even during the offseason. Having been one of those daytime visitors, I can tell you, it's a cattle call. The real Venice doesn't exist until after the last tourist water taxi bubbles off to the bus parking lot, I'm told. I'd like to see that one, instead. It's an Italian Disneyland during the day—garish and commercial, unreal and unabashed—because visitors are the lifeblood of the city, so you might as well embrace that which you must be ... or perish. I look forward to someday enjoying the traveler's Venice, Venezia. As Rick Steves loves to point out, "Be a traveler, not a tourist."

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