Iceland Interlude, April 2023 (Part 2): Reykjavik & Snaefellsnes Peninsula
We managed to pack quite a lot of fun, food and friends into our 2 day interlude, inserted between our traverse of » Read more
Food
2022 Highlights
As 2022 unfurled, we adapted to the realities of coronavirus endemicity. This was the year of make up trips (not 1, not » 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
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
Wintry Japan: February 2018 (Part 8-Mount Fuji)
In my Michel Thomas Japanese course on CD, a phrase I learned was appropo: Nihon ni ittara, Fuji-san o mitai desu. (When » 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 3-Lofoten): Chasing the Northern Lights
Monday, September 11, 2017 After 9 days aboard the Antigua exploring Svalbard, we were back in Longyearbyen, taking leave of our travel » 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