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Bronica GS-1 Recap

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All are the cellphone pictures done in 2012 by, me, Don Schumann   This unusually stylish and versatile professional medium format camera setup — I had to put it up piece by piece from different countries, mostly from Japan headquarters due to its rarity

Buddha Spa

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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves

One-Pan Beef October 31

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Sorry for the shaky cellphone pictures   Eurasian meals for an Eurasian expatriate 

Phanom Rung

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I had come across this impressive Hindu shrine, built between the 10th and 13th centuries, dedicated to Shiva when I set foot covering in the isolated five rural provinces for a geographic magazine in the early 2000's

Life of the Marionettes 4/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

Hidden

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A flower unseen blooms just as beautifully and smells just as sweet

Body & Soul

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Plant something eye-pleasing flowers (for soul) and/or edible vegetables (for body) in your garden  

Life of the Marionettes 5/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

Gardening

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Aiming to put earthy goodness into your gardening or decorating   

Plantation Bay Resort and Spa

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Boasting one of the world's largest privately-owned lagoon yet offering colonial-style rooms on landscaped grounds 

Life of the Marionettes 6/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

How High can You Fly?

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You are flying high at this point, instead, you want to move forward, go upward and continue expanding

Hyde Park 1/3

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It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace

Second Wind

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I am still finding myself navigating the obstacles and I  will unfailingly master every little (unpleasant) surprise that comes my way, as usual 

Hyde Park 2/3

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It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace

Green Fingers

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Weave the wisdom of your life into a tapestry of beauty and love

Hyde Park 3/3

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It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace

Letup

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Slowness...   

You Decorated My Life

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There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars!    

Building the Dream 1/4

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There is a theater operated by National Geographic — one of my most favorite publishers I have worked with  Hearst Castle, a National Historic Landmark in California, USA  

My Colors My Way

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Muy picante! I am not a huge fan of salsa sauce in itself, but (until) it just belongs in this new set meal. And the V-Shaped French fries really turning the tables, too!   The way others see you isn't necessarily the way you are

Building the Dream 2/4

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There is a theater operated by National Geographic — one of my most favorite publishers I have worked with   Hearst Castle, a National Historic Landmark in California, USA  

Building the Dream 3/4

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There is a theater operated by National Geographic — one of my most favorite publishers I have worked with Hearst Castle, a National Historic Landmark in California, USA

Going Deep and Strong

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Don's photo by journalist Ms. Reckha Ready to take a really deep dive?

Building the Dream 4/4

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There is a theater operated by National Geographic — one of my most favorite publishers I have worked with   Hearst Castle, a National Historic Landmark in California, USA

Diversity 1/4

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Eat as I go — around the globe — plus, private Butler serving by the in-suite pool right inside of the six-star presidential suite, too! The world is my smorgasbord  

The Emerald Triangle 1/3

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Yes, there's a returning "Candle Floats" truck —  from my last project for the Geographic Magazine featuring on documentary on the unbeknownst Candle Floats Carnival of Northerneast Thailand  a couple days prior —  bumping into us and tailgating our chartered coach while we were  racing on highway  crossing the border for my back-to-back assignment in Laos! Champasak can be reached from Thailand through the Chong Mek border crossing, at Vang Tao, from where the highway leads east towards the city of Pakxe 

La Résidence Hôtel & Spa Hue

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