This evening marks a lunar eclipse — seen by people all over the world, including 11,000 miles away in my hometown of Rochester, NY. It is the second of the tetrad – a series of four successive total lunar eclipses, with no partial lunar eclipses…
A die cast sculpture of a townsperson of Menzies, western Australia, looks out over Lake Ballard. 150 of these sculptures, of all types of Menzies residents, dot the dried-up lake. To me, in my state of mind, they all seemed to be looking forward,…
I swear, 1970's Clint Eastwood came sauntering out of here in a serape. In Maca, Peru.…
We woke up at 4 a.m. to make it to Machu Picchu, the sacred Quechua (Inca) city on the winter solstice, before the sun rose. We hiked up above the city and looked down on the temples as the sun crept steadily up over the mountains. As it crested,…
Sometimes, the moment is just too perfect. Our new "evolution of man" poster. (via Playa Coco, Nicaragua)…
Photos from our weekend trip to San Juan del Sur, the famous beach and surfing area in Nicaragua for Semana Santa. They are filming Survivor there. Really? You could walk over the f-ing hill for a beer and soda. Not much “surviving” there. We also…
As we were huffing and puffing our way up to the top of Cerro Negro volcano, two scientists emerged from the crater. They were researching the lava, because of the earthquakes that were 6.2 on the Richter a few weeks ago. On top, we scratched awa…
Kayaking in Laguna de Apoyo [https://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=google+maps&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&ei=wJVVU5v1Nq7LsQTm-IKIDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ] , a defunct volcano crater. Love this place.…
So the preschool we are building with the farmers is about 400 meters below this spot. And what a lovely one it is.…
