Tag Archives: Travel
Glacial Speed
Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska We experienced a very hot summer in the Kansas City area with temperatures in the upper 90s and even into the 100s. Now, that it’s September, we’re finally getting some nice weather. I … Continue reading
Filed under Environment, Life, Science, Travel
Pure Water
(This post has been sitting in my drafts for a couple of years. Now, that we’re on a “boil” order in my county in northeast Kansas in July 2011, I thought again of how we take our clean water for … Continue reading
Intellectual Property Rights
As a writer and photographer, I’m often territorial about my words and images, so I can understand any creative person getting huffy or even litigious when their intellectual property is used without permission. If I want some pithy quotes, I … Continue reading
Filed under Life, History, Presidents, Travel, Abraham Lincoln, Humor, Authors, Novels, Books, Australia
Living at the Edge of an Active Volcano
This bouquet of anthurium and ginger flowers is a gift to Pele, the Hawaiian Goddess of fire, lightning, dance and volcanoes. The bouquet was left at the edge of the summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island … Continue reading
Filed under Nature, Life, Travel, Personal, Photography, Natural History, National Parks
Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand
My heart goes out to the wonderful people of Christchurch, New Zealand. The death and destruction is terrible. I’m sharing in this post some of my photographs of this beautiful city and its residents from a visit there in … Continue reading
Filed under Travel, Photography, Natural History, New Zealand
Dude, Your Bus is Rad!
The ’68 VW bus has arrived in Kansas City. How will this surfer-mobile fare in the Midwest, far from any toasty waves? The saga is detailed on The Thing About Life Is.
Filed under Automobiles, Cars, Family, Kansas City, Life, Travel, Writing
Sunshine in a Glass
It’s always cold every winter in Kansas, but we usually get a lot of sunshine, which is cheerful even when you’re freezing. This year it’s been cloudy almost every day. I was hoping for a break from gloom when I went to … Continue reading
Outgunned
I love photography, I love to watch surfers catch a wave and I love photographing surfers catching a wave, so I was thrilled when I recently stumbled upon a surfing competition in Huntington Beach, California. I’d been hoping to find surfers, so a … Continue reading
Filed under Life, Photography, Travel
Scientists Discover Origin of a Cancer in Tasmanian Devils
Above is a photograph I took of a Tasmanian Devil in January 2009 at the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park in Tasmania. Links to my previous posts on the Tassie Devil are at the bottom. (I’m just wild about the devils!) The Tasmanian … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Australia, Health, Life, Natural History, Nature, Photography, Science, Travel
