There have been a surprising number of camels in our lives lately, given the background rate of camel exposure over the 15 years or so preceding this trip. As a means of transportation, I’m not sure the camel makes up in romanticism what it loses in practicality. As a food source, my limited exposure suggests […]
Greetings from Zermatt, Switzerland, where we are spending the birthday of grandmother extraordinaire, Linda Carl. We have a new song that we are debuting in her honor:
This was our act for the weekly talent show on the Queen Mary 2. Rehearsals were tricky as there is no instrument practice allowed in staterooms. We just tried to find some little corner and generally attracted a small audience who wanted us to put out a hat for them to throw coins into. I […]
Hello there, blog readers. I realize you haven’t heard from me since the beginning of this trip. This is not because of a lack of interest in participating in this particular project, but because I’ve frankly been a bit distracted. You see, in addition to being the husband and father in this operation, as the […]
A dear and thoughtful friend of mine created this collage for us as part of a farewell photo album. I’ll be returning to it in future posts as it is so spot-on insightful about all of us, but for now just notice the dream that is pictured for me, the scene from “The Sound of […]
