Papua Paradise: January-February 2020 (Part 1)
Saturday, January 25-Sunday, January 26, 2020 Given that I was born in 1960, was soon to turn 60 and this trip was » Read more
Birds
Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019
2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more
Wintry Japan, February 2018: Swan Lake (Part 6)
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Swan Lake lives! We spent a picture perfect morning at Lake Kussharo. It was snowing when we » Read more
Wintry Japan: Rausu, Hokkaido and Sea Eagles (Part 5)
Monday, February 5, 2018 Breakfast at the Green Park Hotel in Tsurui was Japanese, with grilled salted salmon, daikon pickles, rice, and » Read more
Wintry Japan: Hokkaido and red-crowned cranes (Part 4)
Our accommodation for this evening was Green Park Hotel in Tsurui. Tsurui means “cranes are here”. Sunday, February 4, 2018 5:45 am: » Read more
Japan in winter, Steve Eilenberg
This was our first winter trip to Japan and we visited the coldest parts of the country. Often uncomfortably hot on our » Read more
Norway: Lofoten and Svalbard
Norway, September 2017 (Part 2-Svalbard)
Saturday, September 2, 2017 By our first morning aboard Antigua, a converted sailing vessel and our home for the next 9 days » Read more
2017 Highlights
The short version I didn’t really try to set a new record for longest year’s end summary EVER, it was an EXCEPTIONALLY » Read more
Manta madness, Socorro, January-February 2016
Socorro (Revillagigedos): January 2016 Monday, January 25, 2016: Getting there Manta madness is a disease to which I happily succumbed recently. Although » Read more