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Digital Rabbit

Sep 9
1 min

Apocalyptic Sun

Today's daylight is so filtered due to smoke in the upper atmosphere that I keep thinking there is a solar -->

Digital Rabbit

Sep 2
1 min

Home Again

Last Friday, Cal Fire gave the great light to "repopulate" our area. It's not that the CZU Complex fire was out, but the threat to our area

Digital Rabbit

Aug 22
1 min

Can't See the Forest Through the Smoke

The air looked hazy, but not too bad, from the village of Saratoga at 11:00 AM. So I went home to pack up a few -->

Digital Rabbit

Aug 22
1 min

Back to the Track

One of the advantages of staying in the village of Saratoga while the CZU fire complex has me on the run, is that the Saratoga High Schoo...

Digital Rabbit

Aug 20
1 min

Last Gasp Gazpacho

The CZU fire complex continues, and so does the evacuation order. Given that the flames are not near our property -->

Digital Rabbit

Aug 19
2 min

Sheltering in Saratoga

Situated on the Saratoga Creek, The Inn is a boutique hotel that was acquired by Hilton not too long ago. For anyone visiting -->

Digital Rabbit

Aug 8
1 min

The Tomatoes Ripen

I planted my three tomato plants so late that I still have a month to wait before my tomatoes are ready to eat. But my -->

Digital Rabbit

Aug 2
1 min

Walking to Tacoma

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 -->

Digital Rabbit

Jul 31
2 min

The Nose at the Met

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

Digital Rabbit

Jul 29
3 min

From Bayreuth to New York: Tannhäuser

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

The Bayreuth Festival: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Digital Rabbit

Jul 27
3 min

The Bayreuth Festival: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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

The Solar System Visits Us: Comet NEOWISE

Digital Rabbit

Jul 22
1 min

The Solar System Visits Us: Comet NEOWISE

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

Digital Rabbit

Jul 20
2 min

Domestic Diversions

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 -->

Digital Rabbit

Jul 19
4 min

The Bayreuth Festival

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

Digital Rabbit

Jul 18
2 min

Travel Distances Redefined

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

Black Bart and the Premium Grapes of Atlas Peak

Digital Rabbit

Jun 28
2 min

Black Bart and the Premium Grapes of Atlas Peak

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

Digital Rabbit

Jun 27
1 min

A Caravan to Gilroy

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

Digital Rabbit

May 31
1 min

The Journey Ends

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

Digital Rabbit

May 30
1 min

Back in Space

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 →

Digital Rabbit

May 29
1 min

They Were Us

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

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DIGITAL RABBIT

Travel Writer, Photographer

Apocalyptic Sun

Home Again

Can't See the Forest Through the Smoke

Back to the Track

Last Gasp Gazpacho

Sheltering in Saratoga

The Tomatoes Ripen

Walking to Tacoma

The Nose at the Met

From Bayreuth to New York: Tannhäuser

The Bayreuth Festival: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

The Solar System Visits Us: Comet NEOWISE

Domestic Diversions

The Bayreuth Festival

Travel Distances Redefined

Black Bart and the Premium Grapes of Atlas Peak

A Caravan to Gilroy

The Journey Ends

Back in Space

They Were Us