“Hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She’s comin’ in, 12:30 flight Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way Hopin’ to find some old forgotten words…

The sun has just dropped below the horizon along the Danube, and we enjoy the melancholy blue light of dusk.  We’ve had some lovely evenings here , but last night was particularly nice.  There are no particularly quaint church steeples to photograph at this instant,…

I reflect on our visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camps

Doug reflects on a beautiful sunset on the Maasai Mara of Kenya

Bearly Awake I figured it to be common wisdom that black bears entered winter hibernation and slept soundly until warm weather. However, during our late January-early February trip to Yellowstone National Park, we found a bear den with occupants active in the sunny but single-digit…

Traveling north of 60 … From the Web – “During the blue “hour“, red light passes through space while blue light is scattered in the atmosphere, and thus reaches Earth’s surface. Blue hour usually lasts about 20–30 minutes right after sunset and right before sunrise. For instance, if the sun sets…