Basque Hooky

Some things are better left unsaid. Like trying to describe the sound of the rocks talking back to the waves. Some things are better not shared. Like the first morning café con leche in the port. Some things are best just as a remembered smile. Like the nostalgic smell of a fishing boat, part diesel/part anchovy. Best of all is when you can capture these small solitary moments within the overall madness of a busy August holiday week in a pretty... Read More

Jambon de Bayonne en fête! A Basque Country road trip with Kate.

What’s red and green and red and white… and ham all over? The Foire au Jambon in the colorful Basque port of Bayonne. A memory of a Bayonne surfaces from a long ago road trip looking for marine goods along the Atlantic coast for my barge, the Julia Hoyt. Rope, cord, and lines I was searching. I drove along the river port of the Adour outside of Bayonne in the very southwest of  Southwest France looking for some fishermen, a working boat... Read More