Travel TidBits: Tahoe

Travel TidBits: Tahoe in the ‘in-between’ Season It’s Monday, May 9th, and I am looking out of my window and it is snowing heavily!! I love ...

Fiesta Latina for PINCC

Dear Friends, As many of you might remember, in 2009 I volunteered with a humanitarian medical team from PINCC – Prevention International: N...

Travel TidBits: Polar Bears

Survival on the Arctic Ice A tender moment As many of you know, last November I traveled to Northern Canada to see and photograph the polar ...

Parched Earth

Water - source of life Having recently traveled in areas where water is rather scarce and also living in California where we are continuousl...

Hummingbirds

The Hummingbirds are Returning to the Santa Cruz Mountains! With 10+ feeders and the Spring bloom in full swing, dozens of hummingbirds visi...

Travel TidBits: Gorilla Galore!

Travel TidBits: Gorilla Galore!! After my first gorilla trekking, I had 2 more wonderful encounters with 2 different families of gorillas. Y...