Hiking Adventures in the San Francisco Peninsula and Beyond
One of my guilty pleasures is House Hunters International (https://www.hgtv.com/shows/house-hunters-international), on HGTV. There is a domestic (House Hunters) version as well, but for many reasons, it is utterly uninteresting. I’m sure there are many interesting apartments and homes in Los Angeles, New York, and Peoria, but after a long day, for refocusing the mind, these … Continue reading Living Abroad
Art imitates life, and vice versa. Standing on one of the many terraces of Hase-dera (736) (http://www.hasedera.jp/en/), in Kamakura, a sleepy seaside town about an hour south of Tokyo, in Kanagawa Prefecture, I could not help but think of the atmospheric woodblock prints of Hokusai and imagine the confluence of meteorological events giving rise to … Continue reading Kamakura
Not a day goes by that I am not reminded of Tokyo. Let me explain. The Pilot Juice Up 0.3mm retractable gel pen is surgical. I purchased two, and replacement ink, from a store in the Odaiba Mall facing Tokyo Bay. At only ¥200, I should have bought more. This Juice Up (other versions exists) … Continue reading Tokyo On My Mind
I am drawn to faraway places. Bergen, five thousand miles from home, qualifies. While Bergen is known as the gateway to the fjords, there are simpler, and far more accessible, pleasures much closer to City Center. Wake up early. Go for a morning run through the Fish Market, past the row of Hansa houses on … Continue reading Bergen
Except in Galway. It probably does not help that California, which I have called home for more than 38 years, is experiencing another bone-dry winter, with no rain in the past few weeks and none on the horizon. While the reservoirs are mostly full, from last winter’s relative deluge, which followed six years of below … Continue reading The Grass Is Always Greener
The Peninsula Hiking Club 