Photos from my retro photo album titled: Alaska, May 2013 Mendenhall Glacier started retreating in the mid-1700s following a period of glaciation that began 3,000 years ago. But in recent decades, Alaska has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the United States, helping to push the region’s glaciers into an especially steep decline.Continue reading “The Retreating Glacier”
Author Archives: Krista Marson
Some Random Shots Around Arizona With No Explanations
Photos from my retro photo album titled: Phoenix and Casa Grande Feb 6-8, 2014 My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available! You can also find them at most major international book sites.
That Time I Went Through a Gourd Carving Phase
I don’t even know why I went to the Wuertz Gourd Festival in 2013, but I did. It was there where I first encountered the Gourd Art of Bonnie Gibson and I decided that I wanted to learn how to do what she did. I joined the Arizona Gourd Society and took a few classes.Continue reading “That Time I Went Through a Gourd Carving Phase”
Native Americans
Geronimo. Everyone knows his name and the famous picture of him kneeling with a rifle. That photo is arguably one of the best images ever taken of any human being, and there’s no denying the indomitable fierceness staring out of his eyes. He was a man that was pissed off, and he was going toContinue reading “Native Americans”
MAGA or Bust
I’ve been stewing in my thoughts for the last several days, and I feel the need to purge my brain. I hope that by typing them out, I can rid myself of some lingering concerns. I intend to do this only once, as I have no desire to make this a habit. To begin with,Continue reading “MAGA or Bust”
Some Older European Photos
There were no digital cameras in the 90s. I have shoeboxes full of photos and I only scanned a few of my favorites as digital copies. I used to carry around two cameras. One was loaded with color film and the other was loaded with either sepia or black and white. Here is the lastContinue reading “Some Older European Photos”
Some More Old European Photos
There were no digital cameras in the 90s. I have shoeboxes full of photos and I only scanned a few of my favorites as digital copies. I used to carry around two cameras. One was loaded with color film and the other was loaded with either sepia or black and white. Here is a collectionContinue reading “Some More Old European Photos”
Some Old European Photos
There were no digital cameras in the 90s. I have shoeboxes full of photos and I only scanned a few of my favorites as digital copies. I used to carry around two cameras. One was loaded with color film and the other was loaded with either sepia or black and white. Here is a collectionContinue reading “Some Old European Photos”
Splendid China
Splendid China was a theme park in near Orlando, Florida. It opened in 1993 and closed on December 31, 2003. It was a sister park to the Splendid China in Shenzhen, China, and cost $100 million to build. It was a 75-acre (30 ha) miniature park with more than 60 replicas at a one-tenth scaleContinue reading “Splendid China”
Childhood Memories
An excerpt from my travel memoir, Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) Growing up, my family only took one trip every couple of years, and it was the same trip every time. My parents weren’t the most creative travelers in the world, but they knew how to keep their kids happy because that unvarying vacation always took us to Florida.Continue reading “Childhood Memories”
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