Marja and I hiked the "Tongariro Crossing," a 17km trek up, down, and through a large swath of Tongariro National Park on the north island of New Zealand. It's a fantastic tramping experience and is one of New Zealand's "Great Walks". If some of these barren, rocky landsca...  read more

The Nature Conservancy offered me a job today. It was an entry-level position as a web content producer. I felt so lucky to have it.You see, I'd spent the last three months in heavy production at an overly busy (and dramatic) web studio. I'd had such high hopes for that job -- I thought it was ...  read more