Papua New Guinea, September 2025 (Part 3, Kimbe Bay and Bismarck Sea)
After birding in the Papua New Guinea Highlands and soaking in the colors and sights of the Goroka Show sing-sing, we were » Read more
Underwater
Diving Down Under, April 2026 (Part 2: Tasmania)
After getting reacquainted with our drysuits and working through equipment issues the prior week in southern Australia, we were on to the » Read more
Diving Down Under, April 2026 (Part 1: South Australia)
Although we’ve traveled the world over to dive in a variety of environments, we’ve given Australia short shrift over the years. People » Read more
Delightful Dominica, January 2026 (Part 1, Sperm Whale Swimming)
Two years ago, Steve, Greg and I spent an idyllic post-New Year’s week in Dominica searching for and swimming with sperm whales. » Read more
2025: Marie’s Highlights, Photographic and Otherwise
Every year has its highs and lows and 2025 was no exception. This was our first full year of semi-retirement, enabling us » Read more
Papua New Guinea, September 2025 (Part 1, Brisbane & Birds)
Writing about this trip is harder than usual, because it will always be (for us) inextricably bound up with a complex mix » Read more
Amun Ini, Anda, Bohol, Philippines (May 2025)
After a pre-trip blackwater blow-out with Steve and Greg at Anilao, and successful thresher shark sessions in Malapascua with Lynn’s co-op group, » Read more
Malapascua, Philippines (May 2025)
Thursday and Friday, May 1 and 2, 2025 Planes, trains and automobiles, or rather the Philippine dive travel version: shuttle buses, a » Read more
What We Do in the Shadows (Blackwater, Anilao, April 2025)
Thursday, April 24-Saturday, April 26, 2025 It’s always hard work packing for an underwater photography trip, but this trip had the added » Read more
2024 Highlights (with Marie’s photographic bests)
2024 was a whale of a year! By any measure, it was a momentous year, in which we semi-retired after 33 years » Read more