Category: Blog

• Egypt – Photos

  

     

  speckspeck101

  April 2, 2012

  Blog, Inspiration to Travel, People, Photography, Places

  Cairo, Egypt, Giza, photography, photos, RTW, travel

• Cappadocia, Turkey – Photos

  

  speckspeck101

  March 27, 2012

  Blog, Inspiration to Travel, Photography, Places

  photography, photos, RTW, travel, Turkey

• Thin Places and the Infinite Whatever

  

  “I’m drawn to places that beguile and inspire, sedate and stir, places where, for a few blissful moments I loosen my death grip on life, and can breathe again. It turns out these destinations have a name: thin places.” – Eric Weiner It’s no secret that I love to travel. But when a friend sent…

  speckspeck101

  March 13, 2012

  Blog, Ideas/Books/Philosophy, Inspiration to Travel, Photography, Places

  Istanbul, Magic, Mongolia, New York TImes, photography, photos, RTW, Russia, Thin Places, travel

• Kony 2012 and the power of online activism

  

  I’ll start by being up front – I’m skeptical about online activism. That might come as a surprise, because my last job was to do the writing for the online advocacy program at Oxfam America, a major human rights organization with millions of people in its support network. When Oxfam wanted Congress to act, and…

  speckspeck101

  March 8, 2012

  Blog, Ideas/Books/Philosophy, Non Profits, People

  Kony2012, LRA, non profits, travel, Uganda