Surprise visitors as one hikes in the Pirin mountains BULGARIA, a country of magnificent landscapes: Shipka monument, Stara Planina. hopefully after editing, i will get to soak in all this…

Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, aka the water man, delivers water to the wild animals in drylands of Kenya’s Tsavo West National Park. The kind fellow, who is a pea farmer in…

Truly thought they were weighting fish, then realized it was ganja! Their fuel is pot and bad boy rum [Photo credit: Iara Lee.]

SOFIA FILM FEST screening of our K2 film. March 1st in the beautiful, post soviet feel, country full of history BULGARIA  [Photo credit: Alexandr Bormotin, Unsplash.com.] From ‘dont worry/be happy’…

JAMAICA Bush Life  JAMAICA Bush Life — with Niki Godalone, Melissa Leviand Trish Morant Final day in JAMAICA with local food and fishermen who embrace the philosophy DONT WORRY, BE HAPPY! My sis…

my hike: Santa Ana Volcano, Cerro Verde National Park, El Salvador El Salvador’s highest volcano, also known as Ilamatepec, is crowned by a tiered crater with a small lake at…

We must find happiness to bear the suffering… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]  

A 1994 short film by director Iara Lee, highlights the simplicity and grandeur of Japanese gardens and features a clash of realities, told through the dueling haiku poetry of Matsuo…

Soldiers transporting civilians in San Salvador in July 2015 after gangs ordered a bus strike. The New York Times explains: “With an estimated 60,000 members in a country of 6.5…

[Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.] Our mentally confused bad hair president! Trump Takes Propecia, A Hair-Loss Drug Associated With Mental Confusion… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-propecia-haiir-loss_us_58936376e4b06f344e4058a6 ————————–– Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries:…

Did you know fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world? http://upliftconnect.com/real-cost-of-that-dress/ [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]  

That greatly reduces the time for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, enabling them to avoid the lengthy, hazardous Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of…

But the temperamental Moluccan cockatoo when angry/ unhappy can rip out all their beauty feathers so they become the ugliest birds around. Revenge against owners who cage them for their…

Santa Ana volcano [Photo credit: Iara Lee.]

I love EL SALVADOR pupusas: a pupusa is a traditional Salvadoran dish made of a thick, handmade corn tortilla prepared with a variety of fillings: Pupusa revuelta contains a blend…

It was a full house at the Zona 3 screening of K2 and the Invisible Footmen! We’re so happy so many came out to watch!!! Big thanks to the sponsors,…

The spectacular, colorful, resilient lichens that cover 6% of Earth’s land surface . [Photo credit: Steffen Kastner, Unsplash.com.]

This has been a great opp to meet friends and past supporters of our efforts. Thanks Daniel Golebiowski for showing our SYRIAN doc SUFFERING GRASSES and our Life is Waiting:…

Protests are taking place all over the US demanding immigrants and refugees from majority-Muslim nations be allowed to stay in the country. #NoBanNoWalls [Photo credit: Francesca Noemi Marconi, Unsplash.com.]

BRAZIL/ PANTANAL: Here a male Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) at Pantanal, my fav birds paradise in the world . Blessed I feel to see firsthand a Kea, a parrot found…