Hey, It COULD Happen, Right?

Or, how to create a fake business and fake news. Cost? Two dollars. Time investment? Six hours, but you can do it in less. Register your domain. Travelcation.info cost me 1.98.  With tax. No joke. I already had hosting. Throw up an instant website. I fussed with this over a period of about two days, …


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On (Not) Writing a Book

Certain people I know continually suggest that I “need” to write a book. They may or may not be right about this. See, I have worked on books in some capacity or other. I wrote a guidebook, something I’d rather not do again (though I wouldn’t mind writing front matter, it’s the details I couldn’t …


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Zodiac Ride

I shot this with a Pansonic Lumix. I was on my knees on the floor of the Zodiac, hanging my arms over the edge of the boat. Video misbehaving? Here’s a link.

On Amazement

a·maze·ment /əˈmeɪzmənt/ [uh-meyz-muhnt] –noun 1. overwhelming surprise or astonishment. 2. Obsolete. a. stupefaction; frenzy. b. perplexity. c. consternation. “You’re going to need to new adjectives.” This is (again) Dennis Mense, a veteran Antarctic expedition leader to me, prior to my trip south. He was right, and I hear him again, in my head, often, as …


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315 Million Dollars Too Late

Heads up, internet-y rant ahead. Rather read about travel? Here’s an ode to Hawaii from my archives. Let us assume, for a moment, that you are a professional writer, the kind that writes for a living. You make your living as a writer. You don’t have a project to promote. You don’t have a patron …


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