Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019

2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more

French Polynesia, Fall 2019 (Part 3-Fakarava)

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

Friday, September 27, 2019 Rurutu to Tahiti to Rangiroa This travel day began early, at 5:45 am, with Greg’s voice in the » Read more

Thursday, June 20, 2018 Our first morning in Fakarava aboard the Aqua Tiki II was the usual chaos of trying to synchronize » Read more

Saturday, June 16, 2018 What a long time in coming: sitting on a thin strip of land in the middle of the » Read more

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

We are water and water is life. It surrounds us and sustains us. Our planet, ourselves, are composed of and yet require » Read more

It’s tough to pick a single image to represent a whole year! In the end, this image, taken in Ponto-cho, an atmospheric » Read more

Tuesday, Ocotober 4, 2016 : Off the Nai’a and on to Wananavu We didn’t have long to wait to start our final » Read more

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 After 3 great days of sharks, sharks, and more sharks, it was time to transfer to the Nai’a, » Read more