Sharing my adventures and travels.
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● Featured essay
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The kitchen is a stage where culture, philosophy, and craftsmanship converge. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hands of the chef and the knives they wield. The Japanese and Western culinary traditions, though both rooted in centuries of refinement, diverge dramatically in their approach to tools—especially knives. These…
● Latest Essays
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Transporting Firearms while Overlanding
Transporting firearms while overlanding can present a unique set of challenges and potential pitfalls. Overlanding, which involves self-reliant travel to remote destinations where the journey…
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Step-by-Step UTM Coordinate Plotting for Beginners
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates provide a practical method for pinpointing locations on the Earth’s surface. This system divides the world into a series of…
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May 2025 Print of the Month: “Canyonlands Sunset”
Golden hues of sunlight illuminate a vast canyon landscape, with towering rock formations casting long shadows across the rugged terrain. A dramatic sky with scattered…
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Bergoglio
J’accuse! (Emile Zola, article in L’ Aurore, January 13th, 1898) Like Zola, I accuse the Catholic Church’s “government,” the Bergoglio administration, in this essay. The…
● About Me
I’m Alain, a professional fine art landscape photographer, videographer, and educator, often travelling off-road to get to great photography locations.
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