Mon: Quite humbling to realize how seven decades deteriorate arms and legs flexibility and, together with decreased visual acuity, affect daily mobility even indoors.
Tue: Living on the shores of a lake reachable only by an hour of hydroplane from Fairbanks, with your closest neighbors 70 miles away, provides true isolation.
Wed: Schumann’s tumultuous family life infuses their musical oeuvre with a tinge of melancholy longing for days past.
Thu: The razor sharp rock outcrops of Namoroka national park in Madagascar, an ancient sea bed where countless endemic species find refuge, feel otherworldly.
Fri: Father Laval introduction of christianity in the Gambier islands, justified by the “vision” of white clad celestial beings by the native queen, left behind an amazing cathedral and a sizeable reduction of its population.