The Farthest South I'll Ever Get
On January 16, 2023, Captain Oliver nosed the National Geographic Endurance into the Ross Ice Shelf. With this act, our ship became the...
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Digital Rabbit
- Jan 29
- 8 min
Rescue at Sea
When I signed on for the 30-day cruise from Ushuaia, Argentina to Dunedin, New Zealand, rescuing someone at sea was not something I...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Retrospective 2022: Music
Music, music, music. What can I say? My friend Alan says “Music is my life’s blood.” I agree with him. But that can take the form of...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Retrospective 2022: Exercise
I continue to strive for 10,000 steps per day. I took this image on the night of December 24, but it still represents this year’s...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Retrospective 2022: Entertainment
Entertainment covers a lot of ground. In this post I will ignore any streaming binges or serials that I’ve watch this year and instead...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 7
- 2 min
Retrospective 2022: Community Service
Community work isn’t something I’ve written about since I’ve been doing retrospectives. Dut my activity is picking up so I thought I’d...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Retrospective 2022: Photography
I spent a fair amount of time this year on photography, both taking workshops and capturing images. I started the year with an Equatorial...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 5
- 3 min
Retrospective 2022: Travel
This year we are back to pre-pandemic travel. Most of our travel was by car, to places in California, but we also went to Seattle three...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Retrospective 2022: Presentations
I was invited to give two presentations about past travel, the first for the Georgia Photography Club, a member of the Photographic...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Retrospective 2022: Books
My reading list reflects gifts I’ve been given, places I travel to, things I want to learn, book reviews I’ve read, and a few books I’ve...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Retrospective 2023: The 365 Day Project
The Photographic Society of America (PSA) has a 365 Day Project for photographers to submit an image a day for a year. PSA supplies a...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Looking Back on 2022
Since 2019 I’ve begun each year by writing about my accomplishments. I find that looking back on all the things I’ve done over the past...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Creating in the Cold: Antarctic Artists and Writers Program
A few years back I watched Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of theWorld, a fascinating look at life in Antarctica. I knew he was...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 26, 2022
- 2 min
Antarctica
If you own a globe, as I do, you'll know that Antarctica gets skewered in such a way that is it difficult to view the entire continent....
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Jettison the Mouthwash!
As I gather things to pack for a very long trip to Antarctica, the weight of each item is on my mind. I have a 50 pound limit for my...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Off to the Printer and On to Other Things!
My orchestral piece, Transitions, is as finished as it is going to get. I cleaned up the score and sent the PDF to NYC Music Services to...
Digital Rabbit
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
Let the Tweaking Begin!
Now that I've declared my piece, Transitions, "finished", I am solidly in the tweaking phase. I brought each section as audio files into...
Digital Rabbit
- Oct 8, 2022
- 4 min
Drawing the Double Bar Line
One of my hopes in life has been to write a piece of music for orchestra. I got a very late start in life learning anything significant...
Digital Rabbit
- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
Vasona Park in Infrared
Vasona County Park is a favorite for those who live in or near Los Gatos. The Los Gatos Creek trail, which runs through the park, is...
Digital Rabbit
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
Seeing the World in a Different Light
Photographers can be gear-hungry people—upgrading equipment as better technology evolves. This often means that old cameras lie around...
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