How I Lost My Virginity

This image contains a nasty lie.

The image itself is real. On the day I traveled, it appeared every few seconds on the many monitors hanging all around the Virgin Australia public areas at LAX. I took this photo there.

It was the constant lie I had to endure as I was abandoned by them [...]

Going Batty

It’s dusk in Sydney. The air is as balmy and calm as any lover of summer twilight could want. The paved and landscaped area called  “The Rocks” shapes one side of the structured bay known as Circular Quay, opposite the Opera House, where ferries, trains, subway and buses all meet in a symphony of public [...]