DAILY PHOTO: Livestock in Boz Salkyn

Taken in August of 2019 in Boz Salkyn Jailoo

DAILY PHOTO: The Road to Boris Yeltsin Peak

Taken in August of 2019 near Jeti Oguz

DAILY PHOTO: Spine in the Sand

Taken in July of 2019 at Fairy Tale Canyon on the south shore of Issyk-kul.

DAILY PHOTO: Osh Bazaar, Bishkek

Taken in August of 2019 in Bishkek

DAILY PHOTO: Grazing Cows Along the Road

Taken in July of 2019 on the trail between Jeti Oguz Resort and Boris Yeltsin Peak

DAILY PHOTO: Bishkek Central Mosque

Taken in July of 2019 in Bishkek

DAILY PHOTO: Three Views of Kuntibes Mtn. From Manzhyly Ata

Taken in July of 2019 from Manzhyly Ata

POEM: Kyrgyz South Shore

standing on a green mountaintop
with snowcaps to my back
ahead, angular arid lands
crinkled, as marked by wrack

beyond, a lake still and turquoise
waters frigid as clear
not a sound but for bird or breeze
at habitat frontier

where do desert, beach, and meadow
mingle as in this place?
a thousand square miles condensed
into a hundred acre space

DAILY PHOTO: Baza Karakol Ski Lift in Summertime

Taken in August of 2019 at Baza Karakol

DAILY PHOTO: Seven Bulls Rock, Jeti Oguz

Taken in July of 2019 at Jeti Oguz