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The stars dancing at the bottom of the sea

Hello from California Amidst rising coronavirus panic, a plunging stock market and an interminable, exhausting American election season, a recent a visit to Monterrey Bay Aquarium proved to be a much-needed tonic. I hung out with the African penguins (we compared notes on immigration, homesickness and Tito’s brave

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Full steam across the snowy West

A sumptuously slow start to the year.

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Merry, merry (and good riddance to those tumultuous teens)

Raise that eggnog: we're at the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.

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There's a bat in the sink

Cabin fever in California

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A seal pup, a man and a dog...

Greetings from Kommetjie This morning on the beach, I looked up when I heard a bark. Lucy (pictured) was dashing towards a youngish seal pup which was now making his clumsy way towards the icy Atlantic. I called away Lucy, and we watched the seal’s hasty re-entry into

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"People just like you have died on this trail"

Hot and bothered in the Mojave

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California dreamin'

Beneath the redwoods

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From the mountains to the sea

Reflections from the edge.

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The 1.5 mile high club

Somewhere above the rainbow.

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But why do the barns have stars on them?*

An American adventure begins.

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Farewell Facebook, hello email

I'm going old school, and you're invited.