Found in a museum exhibit of psychedelia, this is Jimi Hendrix’ jacket. While there seem to be a number of techniques used in constructing it, much of it seems to be hand-painted silk. The second I saw it, I was struck with jacket envy. Judging by the size of the jacket, Jimi was a tiny […]

Here I stand on a sand spit outside the town of Dalyan, in southern Turkey. The year is 2009. To reach this beach, we had to hire a boat to take us from the town and through a mazelike passage between islands of tall, rustling reeds, an experience that led straight to the scenes in […]

From 2006, taken from a balloon adrift over Cappadocia, in central Turkey. The terrain in Cappadocia is spectacular and craggy, featuring “fairy chimneys,” hoodoo spires, cliffs, hidden valleys, and signs of habitation going back thousands of years. The closest analog I’ve seen to this country are parts of the Colorado Plateau, like the Cedar Breaks— […]

Moonrise at the Bernardo Refuge. Just tonight. And a little closeup of Earth’s satellite.