Digital RabbitMay 111 minCapturing LightEvery time I take a photograph, I capture light. That's what makes us able to see. I've always been fascinated with trying to emphasize...
Digital RabbitMay 111 minWhen Things AlignI was cleaning up an old hard drive when I came across photos from Morocco that I had not yet moved to my newer computer. As I was...
Digital RabbitMay 91 minWhat's Around Me?What's around me depends on the day and time. So when the 365-Day Project gave me that as a topic, I was standing in the kitchen deciding...
Digital RabbitMay 91 minWhere is My Ship?In the near future, I'll be embarking on the Greg Mortimer, a 132-passenger adventure ship. As I'm meeting it in Dublin, I wondered where...
Digital RabbitMay 72 minLooking Back at RecoletaCleaning out hard drives is really no different from cleaning out closets. Each item stored on it evokes a memory. If it doesn't then...
Digital RabbitMay 61 minLeading an Armchair AdventureThe Los Gatos-Saratoga branch of the Association of University Women has an Armchair Adventure Travel special interest group. The first...
Digital RabbitMay 51 minThe Changing Nature of WeatherNot too long ago I wrote about a hike in the snow I took at Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. Just 45 minutes prior to the hike, I...
Digital RabbitMay 41 minLadybug Emergence DayWhile walking outdoors today, I saw hundreds of bugs flying through the air. At first I thought they might be those tiny gnats that seem...
Digital RabbitMay 31 minUnderground in SeattleParis and Rome have their catacombs, but Seattle has its underground. The burgeoning town was started on tide flats in what is now the...
Digital RabbitMay 21 minSnakes on the ShoreWhen we were cruising around the San Juan Islands recently, one of the passengers pointed at the shore and exclaimed, "Anacondas!"...
Digital RabbitMay 21 minFinding GrootWhile hiking in the San Juan Islands recently, I came across this tree that looked like Groot rising up from the forest floor. Not the...
Digital RabbitMay 11 minLook Up!When I hike through the woods, I spend a lot of time looking at the ground to make sure I don't trip over tree roots and rocks. Sometimes...
Digital RabbitApr 291 minWhen a Negative is a PositiveNeed I say more? One week ago my Covid at-home test was positive. A few days later, my lab-based PCR test was positive. Now I am back to...
Digital RabbitApr 283 minThe Sea: To Read or Not to Read?The Sea, by Irish author John Banville, was reviewed in The Guardian as one of the best Irish novels. Because I have plans to travel to...
Digital RabbitApr 272 minCaptured!(Image: William Dent, CCO, via Wikimedia Commons) For more than two years I've felt as if I've been evading Covid, much like a fox evades...
Digital RabbitApr 261 minWalking Through LilliputAccording to Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput was an island of tiny people who were only inches tall. I imagine that the flowers on the...
Digital RabbitApr 251 minHiking in the SnowAbout a week ago, the boat on which I was cruising stopped at Port Angeles and arrange for me and my fellow passengers to bus into...
Digital RabbitApr 241 minA Welcome Stop at Hope IslandThe weather at the start of my recent trip to the San Juan Islands was such that the Captain decided to stay anchored near Hope Island...
Digital RabbitApr 231 minA Walk on Spencer SpitUntil the mid-20th century, Spencer Spit on Lopez Island was a popular location for Native Americans to crab, fish, and dig for clams. It...
Digital RabbitApr 221 minEaster Weekend at Seattle's Public MarketI spent Easter weekend at the Inn at the Market in Seattle. Each morning, the local flower purveyors hauled in buckets and buckets of...