Namibia, June 2022 (Part 6, Etosha National Park)
The final phase of our Namibia trip was devoted to wildlife, centered on Etosha National Park, in northern Namibia. Etosha means » Read more
Birds
Namibia, June 2022 (Part 4: Walvis Bay)
Martin Bailey bills this photographic expedition as his Complete Namibia Tour and it is indeed comprehensive and very well organized. One week » Read more
Namibia: June 2022 (Part 3-Sossusvlei and Dune Dreams)
Thursday June 2, 2022 By four days into the first of our 2 weeks in Namibia, this trip had already exceeded my » Read more
Chile, March 2022: A chilly reception (Part 2, Lake District)
Wednesday, March 22, 2022 Our idyllic stay at Tierra Chiloé restored us to a blissfully relaxed state after our stressful insurance snafu » Read more
2021 Highlights
2021 was another doozy of a pandemic year. Pandemic year 2 started off well, Stump having being turned out decisively in November » Read more
2020: A year of clear vision?
Preamble How to sum up 2020? A year so chaotic, full of fear and fury, as to be life-altering, unforgettable and for » Read more
Coronavirus calendar: (Month 3: May 2020)
Saturday, May 2, 2020 According to the calendar, I was to have my hair done and we would have attended a biannual » Read more
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
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