Wax Limbs and Rose Petals – Following the Pope in Fatima
Dear Blog Readers – I am trying to whip off this post while flying from Lisbon back to Rome after five days in the town of Fatima, Portugal. I am so zonked I won’t get it done if I don’t finish it in...
View ArticleCovering the G7 in Taormina, Sicily
Dear Blog Readers, I am sitting in the airport waiting area in Catania, Sicily trying to take advantage of the sugar high from yet-another cannolo to get started on a post about the past six days in...
View ArticlePassing the Babies and Forgiving the Unforgivable in Colombia
A week ago today, I found myself standing on a street corner in a Cartagena slum with a handful of photographers, camerapersons and reporters—what is known as a tight pool. As always when we cover the...
View ArticleThe Blog is Back
Dear Blog Readers, After a hiatus of over a year, I am back, more or less. The last post I wrote was on March 3rd, 2020, shortly before Italy went into a national lockdown on March 9th. It is strange...
View ArticleWHAT A BOAR!
This past week, I went on a wild boar hunt. Not the kind that one might imagine in Italy, tromping through the Tuscan forest carrying a rifle. No, this hunt was in the city of Rome, armed with...
View ArticleG20 Rome Madness
Take 20 leaders of the nations with the world’s biggest economies, bring them to a beautiful, chaotic city with cobblestone streets and ancient ruins, add in delegations with a sprinkling of foreign...
View ArticleLesbos Notebook
This past weekend I flew to the Greek island of Lesbos to work with AP colleagues covering the visit of the Pope to the island. Pope Francis has made migration a priority of his papacy. During a visit...
View ArticleADVENTURES WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMERAMAN GIANFRANCO STARA
FISHBONES, POPES, CORKS, COBBLESTONES AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Adventures with AP cameraman Gianfranco Stara This week my colleague Gianfranco Stara is retiring after 30 years working for the Associated...
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