Poet, Activist, Humanist
Ironically my first presentation based on Voice of a Voyage: Rediscovering the World During a Ten-year Circumnavigation is going to take place in New Delhi, India—half a world away from where I currently live. I am honored to be addressing the Himalayan Club of India on July 17 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. If you … Read more
I’m reverting back to Hiroshima just to add Ethan’s impressions of it mainly because when I asked him where he would like to go internationally, his first response was Hiroshima and the Peace Park. So here is what he has to say about his visit there. Hiroshima, to those who have not visited it, is … Read more
I wrote last time about Carl Safina. Here’s a link to one his blogs that is especially meaningful to me as I wrote about the same situation in Voice of a Voyage. http://carlsafina.org/2014/04/24/whales-win-one-will-japan-abide-by-ban/ He writes of the international law suit brought by Australia against Japan for their illegal whaling in the Southern Ocean. Australia won, … Read more
In my next blog about Voice of a Voyage, I write more about Carl Safina and the issue of Japan’s illegal whale hunting. While we were in Japan, I saw restaurant menus (occasionally there were some with English translations) advertising whale meat. As with China and their shark fin soup, Japan’s extensive use of illegal … Read more
From Hiroshima we traveled to Kyoto—Japan’s city of temples, and, if you come at the right time of year, cherry blossoms. We did not, but thoroughly enjoyed the beauty of several of the temples, shrines, and gardens . . . and the Nishiki Market, where we munched on fish cakes, Kyoto pickled vegetables, and other … Read more