Melora Brazil Pantanal When Claudia showed us to our room at the working farm in central Brazil, she said not to be alarmed if we turned on a faucet in our bathroom and a frog dripped out. This was apparently normal. Both in the sink and in the shower. By day three, I was a bit … Read more
Earth on Foot 33 April 1, 2026 Happy spring! Since last we met, gentle reader, I flew from Tokyo to LA, where I visited family, had more than one run along Venice Beach—a tradition for me—and watched the Seahawks beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl (not that I’m especially a football fan, but I … Read more
Earth on foot 32 Tokyo 24 Jan 26 Saturday When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time. —Bashō A thicket of summer grass Is all that remains Of … Read more
Earthonfoot 31 12 Jan 26 Tokyo Time for onigiri We arrived Wednesday morning after an uneventful flight on ITA Airways from Rome, during which we flew over Bulgaria, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan (avoiding flying over Ukraine), through China near Mongolia, South Korea, over the Sea of Japan to Haneda Airport, Tokyo. We wrestled our luggage through … Read more
earth on foot 30 25 December 2025 Roma, Coppedè area Rain today. Preparing for a festa. In Rome, it’s easy to find good ingredients for cooking at home. We walked to the local market and David fell victim to the fish monger’s cry of perfect halibut. We took it home and David baked it with … Read more
earth on foot 29 8 Dec 2025 Monti area, Roma We came, we saw, we ran! earth on foot 29 https://maps.app.goo.gl/WbKMoLJnYnAz3PSu5?g_st=ic Riccardo, Dafna, Sebastian, and I stop in the parking area, having arrived at the Baths of Caracalla ahead of schedule. As we discuss the foul-smelling ancients, umbrella pines (pino umbrello, Riccardo tells us)—long-legged, Dr. … Read more
When a stroll in my neighborhood reminds me of Mark Rothko paintings (or, the other way around?)! earth on foot 28 Happy Autumn season!! I am super grateful for walks like this one. What about you? I’d love to hear what you are currently grateful for. Juggling activities, upcoming events, while making sure to attend to … Read more
12 November 2025 A big assignment just landed: a friend, a writer with a novel due out next year, has given me the homework of reducing my 160,000 word mystery novel draft to 80,000 words. With this goal committed, I find instead every activity supersedes. Never was my house more in order, or files more … Read more
rockslides on a rainy, misty day in Cavergno, Switzerland, where a waterfall sliced down a steep mountain; and slippery leaf-strewn tracks scaled into the mists for a view. The journal had no complaints
Later in, I descended another steep slope to lunch by the lake—118 floors so far today. And I have yet to finish teatime!