• The warm glow of the afternoon sun lit the trees with a soothing softness.

  Soft Afternoon

  June 25, 2017
• This photo doesn’t seem very special until you look at it closely to get the proper perspective.  See if you can figure out why I felt [...]

  Perspective

  June 8, 2017
• View from half-way up on our hike up Diamond Head on the island of Oahu.

  Hike

  June 8, 2017
• Waikiki Beach at sunset

  Mixed Moods

  June 8, 2017

• The term “bucket list” has been loosely thrown around since 2007, the year that Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman starred in the film of the [...]

  Kicking the Bucket List

  December 19, 2016
• Sparkling Waters

  June 20, 2016
• The day was dark. Intermittent rain saturated the air to an uncomfortable thickness, and clouds shrouded the promise of a sunny hike in the [...]

  The History We Don’t See

  June 9, 2016
• Approaching Clouds

  June 1, 2016

• 

  Stormy Glow

  June 1, 2016
• I would like to borrow a line from the immortal British author, Charles Dickens.  After that, I would like to examine the question: “why is it [...]

  It’s That OCD Time of Year Again!

  May 19, 2016
• OPENING THE VAULT As most of you regular readers know, I recently returned from a successful trip to Germany — successful in the fact that [...]

  Searching for Schnitzel: The Agoraphobic Goes Global (part 6) “Sharing My Secrets”

  July 15, 2015
• EINE TOUR DURCH DEUTSCHLAND (A Tour of Germany) Now that the schnitzel was resting comfortably in my belly, it was time to explore the German [...]

  Searching for Schnitzel: The Agoraphobic Goes Global (part 5)

  June 12, 2015