[caption id="attachment_71514" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Mt. Cook from Lake Pukaki[/caption] We've been home from our month in New Zealand for two weeks. The late fall buff landscape that greeted us on our return has finally been replaced by a coat of white, and I can now take...
Harvard social psychologist, bestselling author, and brain injury survivor Dr. Amy Cuddy will speak (for one hour) at Telluride's Palm Theatre on December 28, 5:30 p.m. Cuddy's TED Talk is the second-most watched in TED’s history, with more than 44 million views. All proceeds will be donated to the...
Florence, Italy is a long way in time and distance from modern-day Auckland, New Zealand, but a unique show up now (through January 2018) at the Auckland Tio o Tamaki Art Gallery provides at least a temporary bridge. [caption id="attachment_71119" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Auckland Art Gallery, "Rock...
Our planned departure out of Christchurch to Lake Tekapo got delayed until the beginning of Christchurch rush hour, so it was a bit late when we reached our lodging. Late enough that our host-owner Steve Hunter, at the rustic but very comfortable Lake Tekapo Cottages, had...
The focus of the Nelson-Mapua-Tasman Bay leg of our New Zealand adventure was people as much as places and things – including a few Telluride locals. Peeps more than sheeps. And enhanced eco-awareness thanks to Stew Robertson of Open Your Eyes Eco Tours the Abel...
In the very first story we posted for this trip, we mentioned how Maori lore describes New Zealand's North Island as a great fish that got plucked from the sea. Today, the mouth of that fish is Wellington, compact and as pretty a national capital –...
We now know for sure where Little Bo Peep's charges got off to. Only several days into New Zealand and there is absolutely no doubt. Sheep salted the landscape, 50 shades of green, as we continued on our Kiwi adventure south from our home base in Tauranga...
In Aotearoa, in the Maori's "land of the long white cloud," the adventure began for us on New Zealand's North Island, according to legend, "the fish pulled from the sea by the trickster demigod Maui." And what a catch it is. New Zealand's North Island is rich...
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo Abram explored the Harvey Weinstein scandal and asked what we can do to prevent sexual predators. This week...
Once again Sus doubted my navigation skills: we headed north from Bellevue, Washington to meet Daughter #1, Kimm and her husband Michael in Cannon Beach, Oregon for the weekend. It made no sense to my somewhat navigationally impaired wife. [caption id="attachment_70024" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Ferries[/caption] But here's the...
