Glenn B. Jenks, Author at A Peek at the Peak Magazine

Apr30

Walking in Beauty: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Posted on Apr 30, 2015 | 0 comments

By Glenn B. Jenks The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (“ASDM”)is one of the most beautiful treasures that we have available to help us better experience and learn about the Sonoran desert. It is located in the west branch of Saguaro National Monument, west of Tucson. The ASDM displays every form of life that inhabits the Sonoran Desert, from the smallest insect to Mountain Lions and Mexican Wolves. There are even exhibits of the geology...

Mar27

Walking in Beauty: Faces

Posted on Mar 27, 2015 | 0 comments

By Glenn B. Jenks As a photographer one of the subjects that always fascinates me is people’s FACES. As I get around I have the opportunity to photograph many people. Sometimes I ask people to pose for me, and sometimes I take people’s portraits and sometimes I take candid photographs. Every person is beautiful in his/her own way. And there are people whose faces have a quality that somehow suggests that they have a life story that...

Mar09

Walking in Beauty: Carnival

Posted on Mar 9, 2015 | 1 comment

By Glenn B. Jenks The celebration of Mardi Gras, in some French-speaking parts of the world, and Carnival, in Spanish-speaking areas is one of the most colorful and beautiful experiences of the year. In 2008, I was in Ecuador and Peru during the celebration of Carnival. In Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, street dancers dressed in clown costumes would appear seemingly from nowhere. They put on a show for free that lifted...

Feb22

Walking in Beauty: Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum

Posted on Feb 22, 2015 | 0 comments

By Glenn B. Jenks The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (“ASDM”)is one of the most beautiful treasures that we have available to help us better experience and learn about the Sonoran desert. It is located in the west branch of Saguaro National Monument, west of Tucson. The ASDM displays every form of life that inhabits the Sonoran Desert, from the smallest insect to Mountain Lions and Mexican Wolves. There are even exhibits of the geology...

Jan30

Walking in Beauty: Nairobi Slums

Posted on Jan 30, 2015 | 0 comments

By Glenn B. Jenks Sometime “Walking in Beauty” describes the environment we pass through. There are other times when “Walking in Beauty” describes an inner beauty that shines from within some people despite their environment. Such is the case with the beautiful children I met while passing through some of the most ghastly slums on the planet, the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. May I offer...