Pat Trotter

We left in 2 vehicles this morning heading to Trinidad, about a 4+ hour drive from Havana through Matanzas and Cienfuegos.  We carried a generator and extra gas with us as there have been blackouts in the country and a scarcity of gas. We traveled the main highway in the

It felt like coming home when I was greeted by Jorjito at the airport in Havana. So nice to see a familiar face and then reconnect with Jennifer Spelman and Carlos Otero. As it was a bright, clear day I set off on what became  a 2+ mile walk.  Before

What a treat to spend a gorgeous fall day out in the Pinelands of New Jersey at a cranberry farm.  This is peak harvesting season for cranberries that are wet harvested and it was interesting to see the process.  Once the bog is flooded a “beater” is run through it

It baffles me how people can still deny climate change and rising sea levels.  After hurricane Ian dumped 9 inches of rain on the island over a 3 day period and the ocean mercilessly ate away at the engineered dune this is how it looked at the end of my

It’s like a sensual ballet of fragile wings floating, diving, soaring in an intricate dance. If you have never attended a kite festival put it on your bucket list – they are to be found all over the world. Serious fliers are a joy to watch as they sketch patterns

Photographed the last show of the regular season at the Surflight Theater yesterday. The play is Murder on the Orient Express, familiar to many people. This was not as challenging a show to photograph as the previous ones as there was no dancing. The story is fun and again the

After going through my Ellis Island photos from September 22nd and making selections,  I knew I had to find out about the photo murals that had been plastered to the walls in the immigrant hospital. I was surprised that our guides from the Save Ellis Foundation did not talk about