2018
SPRING ANIMALS
Spring may be bare and rather chilly in Ritoma, but the coming of new life is a great source of joy.
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2018
SPRING EQUINOX
As winter fades into spring, the days become a little longer and cold wind’s bite slightly eases.
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2018
RITOMA WILDLIFE
In Ritoma, as in most nomadic area of the Tibetan Plateau animals more numerous than humans by tenfold.
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2018
WINTER SPORT IN RITOMA
Tibet is a country of lakes, and in winter they shimmer in the midst of the yellow grassland.
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2018
CHADOR KHORCHEN
Past Ritoma Monastery, hidden from view on a hill is a small temple devoted to the meditational deity Chanadorje.
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2018
FLOWER GARLANDS
Late Spring on the pasture is marked by the appearance of red and white clumps of Stellera Chamaejasme, or Ramarichok in Tibetan and attractive flo...
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2018
WOOL AND SHEEP
Sheep are the largest contingent of domesticated animal on the Tibetan plateau. It is said there are about 20,000 in the small village of Ritoma, o...
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2017
SNOW DAYS AT NORLHA
The signs of winter on the Tibetan Plateau cling fast; the earliest snow can come at the end of September, the latest in June. Though they bring a ...
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2017
THE WHITE YAK
Yaks are usually associated with dark colors; I even coined one called ‘Yak Black’. A herd of yaks from the distance is a splatter of black dots on...
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2017
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF WINTER
In early September, the bright green of the pasture begins to fade into ochre, then yellow. Soon, all that is left of the intensity of summer and t...
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2017
THE FIRST SNOW
The first snow is a soft reminder that winter is coming. After a string of sunny, crisp days, it soothes the grassland in moisture, coaxing the pla...
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