Greetings. I hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy during this COVID-19 pandemic. In my last post, I promised I’d write about our trip to the Galapagos Islands. I will do that, but first I feel compelled to write the following. Public health and my father … [Read more…]
Travel-free travel is fun, free, and easy. And safe, especially given our current coronavirus pandemic. If you are socially distanced, self-quarantined, or just yearning for a change of scenery, I welcome you to our travel adventures. Escape to a faraway land, travel-free Hoyt and I have been to more than … [Read more…]
This post is dedicated to the women raped by the cult leader, Victor Barnard. They stepped forward. They exhibited the courage needed to stand up against such disgusting abuse. Barnard has recently been imprisoned. [UPDATE 03-12-2020] In October 2016, I wrote the original blog post about this topic, which began with the above … [Read more…]
Undertow raises lots of questions—raising questions is something I like to do. That was one reason I wrote the book. But … I’m surprised at what I call “the missing question.” After all the folks who’ve read Undertow and sent me notes about it, after the more than twenty Undertow … [Read more…]
What good things do you keep around your home or workspace to inspire, comfort, sustain you? On my desk, are three bits of writing—two quotes and a portion of a long poem—that for many years have served to restore and ground me. Just as standing among the great Sequoias of … [Read more…]