Do wild animals know they can save our planet?It's possible... but I doubt it, since it's their own natural, everyday actions that are benefitting Earth.Wild animals possess ancient instincts extending back hundreds of millions of years - long before humans arrived. They are c...

California's Central Coast stretches roughly 270 miles, from Ventura to Monterey.Over the years, Nancy and I have been drawn to that part of the state - beautiful, interesting, and between two giant metro areas, so it's usually less crowded.When I was a young tadpole, my famil...

After yet another Southern California winter and spring with very little rain, Nancy and I felt parched from the outside in. We needed to get re-acquainted with water.We needed a climate change. At least for a week.So we planned a trip to the northwest corner of Washington Sta...

In 2019, Nancy and I visited the rolling hills of Paso Robles to attend Sensorio, an outdoor art exhibition using the power of the sun to create a colorful, immersive experience.Since then, Sensorio introduced new exhibits and a live music stage. So in early May of 2025 we ret...

It was a beautiful day at the Huntington Gardens. Bright sun, mild temperatures, not crowded. Perfect for a photo field trip.From the start I wanted to see the gardens in a different, more abstract way - not exactly as they were, but in a new light. Some of these photos simpli...

[A car rolls up a dirt driveway in the high desert.][A man comes down the front steps and waves.] Hey, Zack![Zack] Duncan! It's great to see you![The two embrace.][Duncan smiles.] You smell like an old Chevy![Zack] That's because my old Chevy smells like me.[Duncan] That IS a ...

Nancy and I took the train from Tuscany to Rome, dropped our bags and walked back outside. I could barely believe it: Straight down our street, a quarter mile away, was the Roman Colosseum.

Over the past 25 years Nancy and I had explored Portland's Washington Park, and loved its forested trails and its distant views of the Northwest's great peaks.

Balboa Park has some serious history: It was first designated as a city park in 1868, and many of its foundational elements were built in the first few decades of the 1900s. Its most famous attraction - the San Diego Zoo - opened in 1916.Nancy and I have history with this park...