Red-footed Boobies
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador “Barkis is willin’” (Barkis’s proposal of marriage to Peggoty in “David Copperfield”) —Charles Dickens (from my book One World: A View of Seven Continents)
Read MoreNew trip report from Namibia
Did you know that the Namib desert stretches for 1,400 barren miles along the coast of southwest Africa and is the oldest desert in the world? Or that the highest dune in the area is 1,200 feet high? Learn more in the latest Round the World Trip Report
Read MoreCalving Glacier
Inside Passage, Alaska “The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around: It cracked and growled and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (from my book One World: A View of Seven Continents) A glacier is an accumulation of compacted snow and ice that slowly moves…
Read MoreNew trip report from Ecuador and Peru
Did you know that the Galapagos Islands are the peaks of volcanoes that built up vast accumulations of lava from the floor of the ocean? Or that they are a mere four to five million years old? Learn more in the latest Round the World Trip Report
Read MoreNew trip report from Madagascar
Madagascar… the oldest island in the world. While you may have heard of lemurs, did you know that Madagascar is the only place they are found and that there are over fifty species? Learn more in the latest Round the World Trip Report
Read MoreA Meaningful Career Choice: Understanding Strengths and Limitations
Most of us know someone who’s at a career crossroad, whether it’s the freshly minted graduate, the neighbor who’s struggling to reinvent himself after being “downsized,” or the former retiree whose post-recession nest egg seems to have shrunk from ostrich size to that of a hummingbird. At any age, it can be challenging to discover…
Read MoreImpromptu Visits with Friends: A Lost Art
During my childhood years, in the afternoon after school, I would go from house to house, rouse friends, and we would play our own variations of baseball, football, and cowboys and Indians. This typically took place in our front yards and in the street. In retrospect, I am not certain how much our neighbors appreciated…
Read MoreEverybody Can Be Great: Service to Others and the Himalayan Cataract Project
An early chapter in my book Seeing More Colors: A Guide to a Richer Life deals with the theme of focusing beyond oneself, a theme familiar to today’s students who aspire to build a strong high school or college resume and are told to build a list of community service activities to impress admissions committees. …
Read MoreA More Rewarding Life
A more rewarding life. It’s a goal that many of us set for ourselves. Yet we all experience difficulties and emotional traumas in our lives—health or financial issues, challenges with family and friends, uncertain futures—that can distract us from that goal. How to increase the likelihood of a more satisfying life? That’s why I created Seeing…
Read MoreSeasonal Transitions: Balancing Individualism with Family
This is a season of transitions. As schools close for the summer, college students return home after exams, and families embark on summer vacations, there’s an inevitable adjustment – sometimes uncomfortable – as each family member is thrown from the school year routine of individual trajectories into a sudden sense of enforced togetherness. This time…
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