Walking away with life

What I have realized in the last 24 hours is that In a world full of so much pain and people who cause it, there is an inherent goodness full of empathy in so many countless more. Before the smashing of metal yesterday I'm not sure I would have admitted this. I thought the opposite as I began my drive that morning listening to news on the car radio out of Dallas and voices talking of hatred, racism, guns so many guns. But it was all like Dallas about to change.

Annapurna tragedy.

Travel, Journalmichelle mccarron17 October 2014Trekking, Nepal, Annapurna, HimalayaComment

Before digital, Sumatra

Tonight I came across some I'd scanned of a trip to Indonesia in 1998. Here's a few from around the area of Lake Toba and Bukit Lawang in Sumatra. I'd gone to see the WWF Orangutan sanctuary in Bukit Lawang. Lake Toba I'd gone to for a few days, was so enthralled with the place and road weary that I ended up staying 10.