Channel Islands, August 2019
August 20, 2019 Day 1: Santa Barbara Island Was it a good idea to take up cold water diving again? This question » Read more
Nature
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
Silver Bank: Where’s Whaledo? March 2019
Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 2019 I rewarded myself with a birthday gift this year, a week devoted to searching » Read more
Sedona International Film Festival 2019: Silver Anniversary
Overheard at the start of this year’s Sedona International Film Festival, directed to festival director Patrick Schweiss: “Is this a good film? ‘Cause » Read more
Groupers galore: French Polynesia, June 2018 (Part 2-Fakarava)
Thursday, June 20, 2018 Our first morning in Fakarava aboard the Aqua Tiki II was the usual chaos of trying to synchronize » Read more
Ravishing Rangiroa: French Polynesia, June 2018 (Part 1)
Saturday, June 16, 2018 What a long time in coming: sitting on a thin strip of land in the middle of the » Read more
Labor Day, 2018: Back to the kelp forest
Friday, August 31, 2018 The last several summers were marked with a tinge of regret. How could another year be passing without » Read more
Amazing Anilao, Philippines: April 2016
After a beyond-my-wildest-dreams week luxuriating in Kyoto during an off-the charts cherry blossom bloom, we met up with our friend Martin at » 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
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