Jim Block and I signed up for an 18-day OARS dory trip through the Grand Canyon. It had been on my bucket list for a long time. I was bumped off my “someday” status by an applicant to medical school whom I was interviewing. I was impressed by him and by OARS, as he described […]

In March, 2011, I returned to Nepal with Leeli Bonney and Jim Block, with whom I had traveled in 2009, and  six others, including my son Keg. Leeli shepherded us there, but did not accompany us on the Annapurna trek. We went east to west, Besi Sahar to Jomsom. Here are a few images. Others […]

Here’s the gift:  my last posting to the Haute Route galleries.  All 13 stages now documented.  The gift part is not the posting; it’s the **last** posting. No more from me about new images here. Unless, of course, … We are under 16 fresh inches of snow in the Northeast Kingdom, awaiting reinforcements from Philadelphia. […]

Not remembering how to navigate or operate this site, we shall anticipate errors and frustrations, with equanimity. A basic design principle, “Make it easy for good people to do the right thing,” either has been overlooked or I do not qualify for it. Please bear with me. Just as a trial, here is an image […]

With a little more watching, coaching and practice, I can add images to text on this blog.  I wonder where that will lead. Click on this image to see several more from Martha’s garden.