Makin’ Music
Electronic Music....not as easy as you'd think. Be brave & listen to a bit of my early stumblings with Ableton Live: 55 mph Ode
Running A-MOOC
Running A-MOOC: Music School at Home For years I threatened to enroll in music school upon “retiring”. Not wishing to invest thousands of dollars in tuition costs and relocating to a major urban area, I was thrilled to learn of [...]
Those Feathered Things
Those feathered things…. A shout-out here for renowned ornithologist and fellow Oregonian and polar enthusiast, Noah Strycker heralding his recent book, (Riverhead Books, 2014). The author elucidates behaviors in fairy wrens, vultures, bowerbirds, albatrosses and the like in a relaxed [...]
March On Manhattan
March On Manhattan Walking Manhattan, End To End From Washington Heights To Battery Park As the centerpiece of our 2016 sibling family reunion celebrating the looming 60th birthday of the youngest sib, the March on Manhattan proved a hit. [...]
Fata Morgana
Optical Phenomena in the Arctic Northern lights. Halos. Sundogs. Light pillars. The Northern high latitudes offer many splendors and among the more interesting are the optical phenomena. One of my favorites is the “superior mirage” known as “Fata Morgana”. [...]
The Embrace of the Interior
THE EMBRACE OF THE INTERIOR In appreciation of the dedicated members of the MSF movement worldwide. At the frontier, the transition is sudden. Gone are the evenly paved roads and ordered countryside of northwestern Rwanda. The senses assaulted immediately [...]
My Sailing Life
ISIS becomes ASIS and cuts it short The entire project was never intended to rewrite history. Having “cheated death” on the first attempt at ocean cruising, here was an opportunity to have a “do-over” some forty years later... [...]
Polar Plunge
Human response to cold has always fascinated me. I’ve studied and written about hypothermia for medical journals. Adhering to the rich scientific tradition of personal bioassay through self-experimentation, I’ve spent plenty of time in snow and freezing air but have [...]