To Hell and Back: Hadestown and a medical maelstrom with Mama (April-June, 2019)
The soundtrack for spring was Hadestown, a folk operatic musical reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Back in December, on a » Read more
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2018 Highlights
2018 was a year in which aging, mortality and illness reared their ugly heads, in the family and our circle of friends. » Read more
Spring bustin’ out allover in NYC: April 2018 (Part 1)
Saturday, April 14, 2018 Spring can be particularly glorious in NYC. Probably the harshness of NY winters makes this contrast inevitable. This » Read more
Spring is sprung in NYC: April 2018 (Part 2)
Saturday, April 21, 2018 The second half of our first ever 2-week stay in NYC was devoted to catching up with old » Read more
Wintry Japan: February 2018 (Part 7-Kyoto)
In my last posts from Japan, we had spent several bitter but productive days in Hokkaido shooting sea eagles, Japanese cranes and » Read more
Ultimate Winter in Japan Photo Workshop (Tokyo): Part 2
Tuesday, January 30, 2017 (evening) Back at the hotel, exiting our room and waiting for the elevator, there was a slender, slightly » Read more
Wintry Japan: February 2018 (Part 1-Tokyo, on our own)
To paraphrase Dickens, it was the best of trips, it was the worst of trips. We love Japan, so much that this » Read more
Norway, September, 2017 (Part 1-Oslo)
Sunday, August 27-Monday, August 28, 2017 Getting older isn’t good for much, in my opinion. Wisdom? Maybe. Some perspective? Okay. The only » 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
Come From Away comes to New York, March 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2016 We were finally on our way to New York for the long-anticipated opening on Broadway of Come From » Read more