Exploring the unlikely intersections of walking, photography and making
It's been a while, I know. But Gail (my wife and the person you often see in my pictures, often eating wonderful meals) and I have been busy, developing our new venture: a YouTube channel devoted to our love of walking and our quasi-related fondness for train travel. We call it Travel Intently. In many... Continue Reading →
December 4, 2017. On the Yurikamome Line's driverless train. Miraikan: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Fuji TV Headquarters Oedo-Onsen Monogatari Fish Therapy Session at the Onsen. ...and the adjoining onsen for dogs Ginza District
November 25, 2017. A day in the city. A train to Tanabe City. Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan Tanabe City. Dinner at Time Cafe and Izakaya.
If I were to choose a time to walk in the woods, this would not be it. But here I am, walking along Mosquito Creek, engulfed in the deep, dark shadows of a long winter night, straining to see two steps ahead through a hard rain. *** Some time ago, my sister and her husband... Continue Reading →
Time on the Canadian is immaterial. Its measurement is by breakfast, lunch, dinner, sleeping, watching the world pass by from the observation deck. "What day is this?" is a common refrain. After Jasper, the mountains slowly fade into the black of night. People are tucking themselves in for the evening. I have the dark dome car... Continue Reading →
Putting aside the existential train schedule, the Canadian is one of the best train experiences I have had. The food, served on white linen tablecloths with real china, has been excellent. Today's brunch was a tasty ravioli with lobster in a cream sauce. Dinner, a well-prepared rack of lamb. Even the shower - there's one... Continue Reading →