Welcome to my visual journal, celebrating the wonder(s) of the world,
in all senses: Ooh! Wow! and Huh?

What’s Here?

Through My Eyes –  Photos of everyday, phabulous stuff  . . .

Musings – Funny and serious essays on stuff worth wondering about . . .

 Rambles – Bits and pieces on stuff at other times and in other places . . .

 

What Does It Mean?

For me, it’s all about my quest:

• To think broadly
  
• To feel clearly (yup, clearly)
• To appreciate deeply

And, above all . . .

• To laugh frequently

Where Have We Been So Far?

Sea slugs, chocolate layer cake, failing memories (human and computer), and local pronunciation oddities.

But wait, there’s more!

• Tips for estimating an alligator’s length, weeding forests, ordering tea on airplanes, and getting the coffee you want in New Zealand, dagnab it
• Exposés about anxiety:  Fitbit® separation, border crossing, identity theft
• An open letter to His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada, and a conversation with Tammy Wynette
• Articles featuring Jimmy Hoffa, Robert Heinlein, Mark Harmon, Richard Feynman, and Richard III
• Blogs on elf advocates, nude beaches, and the Day of the Dead
• Accounts of narrowly escaping death by blood pudding,  gastroenteritis, and colonoscopy
• Hard-hitting journalism about what’s wrong with 19th-century German philosophers and present-day Wyoming
• Rants about forms, especially forms required at border crossings
• Thoughts on the major sports of curling, tai chi, and birdwatching, and the lesser-known sports of golf, baseball, and hockey
• Fun with language: acronyms, pictographs, changing usage, and class nouns (You know, what everyone talks about over a beer.)

Where Are We Going?

“But,” you might ask, “what will happen next week?  What will we explore together?”

It beats me.  But I’m sure it will be wonder-ful.

“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.”
G. K. Chesterton

Well, Gilbert, maybe you should check us out.

Here, we’re not perishing for want of anything.