It seems every so often, I head back to Southeast Asia. Is it because I like the sensation of being tall at 5’5″? Is it because of the insects big enough to be small birds? Is it the thrill of…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Windjammer contemplation
Seals poke their heads through the waves; Osprey fly high in the starry night; I am between them. ♠ Breathing in the scent of the sea and listening to the lapping water, I sense balance. ♣ In the wind,…
Posted in Just for Fun
Jordan – my first 24 hours
My flight from Istanbul arrived in Amman at 11:55pm. I talked politics with the taxi driver taking me to my hotel. He said he was a Palestinian and Palestine should be for the Palestinians. I countered that the Jews and…
Posted in Just for Fun
Endearing Elephants
I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. —Noel Coward Riding atop an elephant in a forest, the elephant would uproot a tree for a snack, all without missing a beat. At a Moscow circus,…
Posted in Wildlife
I miss Brennivin
Iceland. I ate a chip from a chunk of a 100,000-year old glacier ice. It was served on a tray. I was on a boat (actually an amphibious vehicle) in the glacier lagoon of Jokulsarion. The day was full of…
Posted in World Glimpses
