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Digital Rabbit
Mar 10, 20243 min read
Snorkeling in Salp Soup
Snorkeling was today's adventure. Bill, Glen, and I hired and outside vendor to meet us at the Guana Island dock and take us to the...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 9, 20242 min read
Flamingos and Flowers: An Early Morning Walk
Sunrise is the best time to walk on Guana Island to see flamingoes and enjoy the flowers. Around 9:00 AM the weather gets hotter and...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 8, 20241 min read
Castaways on Bigelow Beach
Bigelow Beach is on the southeast side of Guana Island accessible by boat. It is a secluded white sand beach with rolling waves. We...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 7, 20243 min read
Things are Not What They Appear: Bouldering to a Flat Rock
Long Man’s Point is a flat rock area that is next to Chicken Rock. From our porch on Guana Island, we can see Long Man’s Point, but not...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 6, 20242 min read
The Sound of Silence: Sailing to the Open Ocean
Sailing is the most silent way to travel. With sails up, the swoosh of the wind is all you hear. Our friend Bill is a former sailboat...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 6, 20242 min read
A Trip to the Orchard
Today, the Guana orchard grows some of the food served in the restaurant. But the man who first started it was a naturopath and primarily...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Hiking the Pyramid Trail
Guana Island has 12 miles of trails, but from what I can tell, guests rarely hike them. There are many reasons, the chief being that most...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Kayaking, Snorkeling, and Super Yachts
Guana Island is private, but anyone can land on the beach as long as they stay below the high water mark. Although Guana has many...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Glen is My Copilot
A 7:00 AM wakeup time in San Juan is equivalent to 3:00 AM in San Jose. After a very quick breakfast, we dragged ourselves to the airport...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 3, 20241 min read
The First Day on Guana Island
We spent our first afternoon on Guana Island enjoying the shade of a very long needled tree on the beach. I think it is an Australian...


Digital Rabbit
Mar 3, 20244 min read
The Journey Begins: In Search of Paradise
Guana Island advertises itself as a true paradise, one of the last pristine places in the British Virgin Islands. But getting there from...


Digital Rabbit
Feb 11, 20242 min read
Exploring the Beauty of the Dusky-Footed Woodrat Trail: A Wildflower Walk
I had high hopes of seeing the eponymous animal of this trail. But woodrats are more commonly seen in the evening or at night. Daytime...


Digital Rabbit
Jan 2, 20241 min read
Steamboat Willie Goes Public
The mouse that captivated the hearts of children and adults is finally entering public domain. It has been 100 years since Disney created...


Digital Rabbit
Dec 31, 20232 min read
Ending the Year on a High Note, a Low Note…Actually ALL the Notes!
San José Chamber Orchestra has a concert each year to mark the end of the old and the start of the new. Held at 3:00 PM, it provides...


Digital Rabbit
Dec 30, 20233 min read
2023 Reading List: The Books That Kept Me Engaged All Year Long
For the past few years I’ve had a goal to read 52 books a year. This year I managed to read 57 books. Many were hefty tomes, like Barack...

Digital Rabbit
Dec 30, 20234 min read
Shen Yun Revealed: A Mouthpiece for Li Hongzhi and Falun Gong
The colorful ads for Shen Yun Performance (https://www.shenyun.org) company have been popping up in the San Jose area for more than a...


Digital Rabbit
Dec 29, 20231 min read
Can animals comprehend the implications of Artificial Intelligence? A conversation among forest creatures.
The title of this post is generated by an AI provided by the Wix platform and edited by me. The cartoon was created by Leonardo AI after...


Digital Rabbit
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Navigating the Challenges of Mixing an Orchestral Composition in Logic Pro
Over a year ago I finished an orchestral composition that I'd worked on for a few years—Transition. (See Drawing the Double Bar Line.) To...


Digital Rabbit
Dec 27, 20236 min read
The Rise of Humanistic AI: In the World of Ai Pin and ChatGPT, Siri is Just a Dog
With the current focus on AI as to whether it is beneficial or not, I recalled Tom Gruber’s TED Talk from April, 2017, How AI Can Enhance...


Digital Rabbit
Dec 26, 20232 min read
When Creativity Meets Technology: Exploring the Art of Coaxing a Character From an AI Artist
Leonardo AI is my go-to choice when I want to create a single image on a particular topic. After a few tries with various prompts, I...
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