I've taken 1,693,819 steps since March 16. That's an average of more then 12,000 steps per day, every day, seven -->

Dmitri Shostakovich’s first opera, The Nose, is a satirical tale of a St. Petersburg official who wakes up without a nose—just a -->

I purchased a ticket to watch the Bayreuth (Germany) production of Tannhäuser, but the streaming link never arrived. Glen and I were -->

These are the days of reverse travel. I had planned to be in Germany this month for the Bayreuth Festival. Instead, the -->

With the lack of travel due to COVID, I was delighted to hear that the Earth has a visitor from the solar system-->

I am a traveler. After 16 trips last year and 2 earlier this year, it was difficult to have my travel life come to a screeching -->

The highlight in any true fan of Richard Wagner’s music is a visit to Bayreuth to attend the annual Bayreuther Festspiele to hear -->

My idea of local and distant travel has been shaped by my having crossed the Antarctic Circle, the Arctic Circle -->

When most people think of Napa, the towns in the valley come to mind—Napa, St. Helena, Yountville, Oakville, Calistoga, and -->

Fifty percent of the produce in the USA comes from California. Farm workers get paid very little. Yet they put themselves at risk to -->

Today is the last day of mandatory shelter at home. As people integrate themselves more and more into "normal" activities, I expect to →

While many of us are sheltering in place in our homes on Earth, two lucky guys (Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley) got to leave the →

There are only a few days left for the shelter-in-place order in my area. It is sobering to think that →

We have two Critter Cams on the property, one to capture visitors to the pond and the other to find out who hangs out in the →

Color photography was the topic of Lesson 15 in the History of photography course that I am taking. My assignment was to create an →

The temperatures are finally rising into the 80's and staying in the 70's at night. I love the heat, but this means I must →

Journey at Home Day 71 The patio in front of our entrance is full of creeping thyme, which flowers at this time of year. Native bees love...

Yeast and flour became scare soon after the shelter-in-place order was in effect. I always have plenty of flour, baking soda, and →

Given that I'll be home all summer, I decided to try growing a few vegetables. It's tricky where I live because deer will eat whatever is →

Before Covid, we all had rituals—having dinner with friends once a week, hiking with a like-minded group, meeting at a bar after work →