SCUBA in Cuba, June 2023

Cuba is a throwback to an earlier time, a case of arrested development. The US-Cuba standoff and embargo, in place since 1960, » Read more

David and the Goliath Grouper

-a short story by Steve Eilenberg Lola was my first. Not L-O-L-A, Lola, but a 400-pound *goliath grouper. She greeted us on » Read more

I watched with wonder when we landed on the moon, that July day in 1969. I will never be an astronaut. The » Read more

As 2022 unfurled, we adapted to the realities of coronavirus endemicity. This was the year of make up trips (not 1, not » Read more

Friday, October 7, 2022 No good adventure begins uneventfully, or so it seems. 2022 was a year dominated by pandemic make-up trips, » Read more

Port Hardy is a small fishing village at the northern end of Vancouver Island, a one hour flight in a small plane » Read more

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

Sunday, February 9, 2020 We were heading into the final week of our 3-week idyll. It had been a fantastic trip, beginning » Read more

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 After an idyllic week at Papua Paradise, it was on to the main course, a 10 day cruise » Read more

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Rangiroa to Fakarava A short afternoon flight to Fakarava and a need to stay out of the water » Read more