by JHowatt | May 30, 2025 | Life Style
Home Sweet Home: Four of my favorite Bird Nests For as long as I remember, I’ve been intrigued with bird nests. Just the thought of what it would take for a bird to construct a nest from twigs, straw, whatever he/she found on the ground and construct a home amazed me.... 
by JHowatt | May 15, 2025 | Life Style
Italy! People I Photographed. Faces I Remember. Who Were They? April 15. For the first time in five years, I wouldn’t be going to Florence either in the summer or Fall. There’s an old saying, “Life got in the Way.” Does it matter how it got in the way? No. It just... 
by JHowatt | Nov 1, 2024 | Crime Writing, Life Style
Jigsaw and Jane: The Dream Becomes Reality September 29, 2024. Camarillo, California. The day began like any other day: Our five dogs stared me down, begging for breakfast, and Jim was at his desk tapping away at his computer. I took a few minutes at my desk to check... 
by JHowatt | Oct 14, 2024 | Life Style
Florence: A Visual Feast September. Florence, Italy. Morning at the Uffizi. I approached the world-renowned art museum with a sense of reverence, awe and anticipation. I reserve emotions about a building for only the most memorable structures I set foot in: The... 
by JHowatt | Sep 18, 2024 | Life Style
What Do You Do with An Idea? September 9, 2024. This blog will be shorter than any blog, but there’s a reason. I’m headed to Florence for two weeks with a good friend to revisit a city we both traveled to a few years ago for reasons neither of us have verbalized or... 
by JHowatt | Jul 26, 2024 | Life Style
Escape to Frog Land: Geese in a Pond, Cattle Grazing in a Field and Deer Behind a Tree July 2024. Morning. I’d been watching the army of construction workers wearing grimy t-shirts, faded jeans, and well-worn tennis shoes for going on a year buzz and build a...