Poet, Activist, Humanist
Where can you sit down in a cozy chair and peruse a few books until you decide what you want, or ask for recommendations, or discuss what you loved or hated about the latest book you read? No, not the library, comfortable chairs being hard to come by among the stacks, and quiet is the … Read more
This photo was taken on the Lycian coast of Turkey. But my most recent back-on-the-water experience was right here in landlocked Chaffee County Colorado! It looks like I’m just along for the ride (I’m in the black wetsuit, upper left corner). I did have a paddle and I did use it, but I really wasn’t … Read more
Just a reminder: on Sunday, August 17 at Salida’s independent bookstore, The Book Haven, from 5:30 to 7:30, I’ll be hosting Voice’s book launch party. If you’re in Chaffee County or environs, you’re certainly invited, but you need to email me if you will be coming as we need to know how many there will … Read more
I hope you have a good sense of geography or an atlas or globe nearby. I know I’m jumping all over the world in these blogs between my experiences and adventures described in Voice of a Voyage: Rediscovering the World During a Ten-year Circumnavigation and my recent five-week odyssey in Asia with my grandson. Although … Read more
More on the magic of whales. My gift, in addition to Big Wing’s song and my kayaking not too far away when he came to the surface, was to swim with a mother and calf Humpback whale under careful conditions designed to protect the whales. Tonga and the Dominican Republic are the only two countries … Read more