Manuel Antonio is two first names. Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio is a small National Park in on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos. Established in 1972 with a land area of about 3 square miles (the smallest of any Costa Rican national park), it is the destination of as many as 150,000 visitors annually and well […]
Cover Photo: Ellen posing in front of a “Trabi” or Trabant, an East German vehicle. Ellen’s Thoughts: Who Knew! Not at all what I expected! Then I am not sure what I expected.We went on a walking tour and the guide was fantastic! He was 28 years old, doing graduate school in Sociology after deciding […]
Formerly the capital of Portugal, its most important university was established here over 500 years ago. It would seem that back in the day, when a university was to be built, they spared no expense. It is a long walk up a hill, or steps, to the campus. Across the river are several convents, probably […]
Several people have asked about how the Spanish is coming. Here are a few thoughts: Yanapuma is a very good school that we would recommend to others Spanish is not English – it has its own set of rules and irregularities, usually very different than those in English It seems far less important to learn […]
Saturday we, as on many days, we wanted to take a hike. After Ellen’s birthday brunch, we headed off to “Land of Medicine Buddha,” a place Blakey had never been. One of the kids at Sunshower Farm goes to daycare here. After a long drive up a narrow and curvy road, we arrived. Land of […]
We took a different route than usual on our way to the John Helm memorial service in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Rather than sticking to the interstates we headed down through Rochester to the bluffs of Iowa. At Decorah we cut over to Illinois, spending the night in Springfield, the capital. Springfield was not an accidental […]
Last Thursday and Friday I attended a Macalester College alumni class on story-telling with photography. It was taught by Eric Carroll, the terrific photography professor at Mac and at the U of Minnesota. Classes were in the photography studio in the newly improved Joan Adams Mondale art building. The room is amazing with more technology […]
Ellen and I have always been Beatle’s fans. The cover shot of this post is our collection of Beatle’s albums. Here are our 45 rpms. The past week I attended a seminar on the Beatles at Lawrence University’s Bjorklunden facility in Door County, Wisconsin. The course was taught by Lawrence bassoon professor Carl Rath. He […]
My mom, brother Jeff, and I spent the week at beautiful Bjorklunden. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Bailey’s Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin, Bjorklunden is a 450 acre center that is owned by Lawrence University. During the school year, Lawrence students spend time here. In the summer, seminars are offered. […]
My brother Jeff and I drove to Door County, Wisconsin last Saturday. Ostensibly it was to attend a week-long seminar about the Beatles at Bjorklunden, the Lawrence University center just south of Bailey’s Harbor on Lake Michigan. My mom joined us at Bjorklunden, although she is attending a course on “The Book of Kells.” Honestly, […]
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