Posts in “Musings”

The Right Stuff

Beautiful wood carving of a right whale, hand-done by a master craftsman in Ogasawara, Japan

Traveling exhibit of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan, restored by Mystic Seaport. An inflatable 46ft sperm whale is part of the exhibit.

Photograph of a cute squirrel that's addicted to sugar

Photograph of a tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam) with a contemplative expression and pose

There is so much garbage underwater, floating on the ocean, and washed up on even the most remote of beaches.

Happy new year, and best wishes for 2014

Happy (humpback) holidays everyone

Thoughts on the ethics of being a nature photographer. A rant on the topic of lying in photo captions.

Richard David, a teacher of Latin, kindly wrote to me to correct my Latin mistake

Photograph of Otto, the friendly schnauzer who lives at Mounu Island Resort in Tonga