Maybe it was the "Birds of North America" book that laid by my dying grandfather's bed in his living room, or how we spent hours watching for and identifying birds through those windows ... but I grew into my twenties fascinated by birds. Some…
Maybe it was the "Birds of North America" book that laid by my dying grandfather's bed in his living room, or how we spent hours watching for and identifying birds through those windows ... but I grew into my twenties fascinated by birds. Some…
On our route from the Carribean to San Jose, in an effort to make it around the mountain before total darkness (and unanticipated fog)…
Since I didn’t publish last year, I’m taking another new year as an opportunity to reflect and give myself a clean slate for all…
Thursday is finally a day of rest and another missed sunrise. While it’s hard to hide away on a boat of three thousand, I…
We arrive at Juneau around 7am and are expected back on board by 11:30. The comedian the other night foreshadowed our morning when he…
Despite my best efforts, I don’t make it up for sunrise this morning. I do make it off the boat for an impromptu adventure…
It’s not until tonight that I realize the Princess Patter has sunrise listed, so I once again underestimate how early the sun rises this…
I set my alarm for what I thought would be the sunrise, only to sleep in until the loud, british voice woke me up…
There is no District 12. Bam! I forgot how fun reading fiction is. After watching The Hunger Games on Cruise TV yesterday, I decided…
Our first day at sea and I lose track of time mid-day, somewhere between the champagne and B52s with Faye and her father and…
I’ve never slept on a boat before. The Washington state ferry from Anacortes to Orcas Island was the longest I’d ever ridden on a…
On my recent trip to Kaua’i, I spotted more birds than several of my visits to Maui. This could be due to the large…
Wednesday is my first full day on the island. I’m still on Portland time, so I rise with the sun, around 8 (6 Hawaiian).…
Notes from my first trip off the continent. Mahalo. Not sure what this word means, but the folks on Hawaiian can’t get enough of…
Been a while since you’ve visited the city or never been? Check out some cool scenery and take a walk down impressive Mural Alley.…
No time to explain. The last time I sat down to blog I spilled coffee and killed my laptop. At the time, I had…
I’m alive. Just been lazy with the computer. Summer is just so much more fun spent outside, on the beach and in swimming pools.…
Febrary-April 2008 Wow, who would have imagined how much time it’d take to develop and parse through 30 rolls of film and over 1,500…
Just a quick update that I’m alive and very well in southern California. My best girl from Portland, Elisabeth, met me here on Tuesday…
It’s true and I’m sad. After raving about the friendliness of Texan highways, I received my second speeding ticket this trip. And it gets…
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