Top 10: Aquariums 

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.                                                             – Loren Eiseley On long road trips, Robie and I pass the time making lists. Much like Maria Von Trapp we make a game – if not a song – of our favorite things naming great meals in Paris and Mexico City, … More Top 10: Aquariums 

A Walk in the Woods 

The world is a book, and those who don’t travel read only one page.                                                             – St. Augustine People don’t write books about travel any more. And why would they? Digital photo albums pop up to remind us of places we’ve been while social media provides a steady stream of other peoples’ selfies in front … More A Walk in the Woods 

When the world stood still

It’s the End of the World as We Know it (And I Feel Fine)                                                             – R.E.M. The pandemic changed everything. Almost as soon as Robie announced he was thinking of retiring “sometime in the future, in the next few years, eventually but not soon,” I booked a trip to Costa Rica for what was … More When the world stood still

Willie Dare, Perpetual Alien

It goes without saying that [traveling] anywhere is an adventure. London is as unique to Kansas City as Rome is to Madrid. People in Sydney perceive things differently from the folks in Vienna. What works in Toronto or Frankfurt probably won’t work in Athens. (In fact, it won’t.)                                                             – Max Danger, The Adventures of … More Willie Dare, Perpetual Alien