A few years ago when I lived in Tierra el Fuego, I walked a certain trail along a river every other night for hours and got to know it pretty well, even in the dark. That part of the world, I might mention, was so devoid of lights, that on those occasional nights when the […]

And just like that, the birds come out of the mist. It’s easy to tell who spent the night in the water, the pelicans for one, floating by—too early for any one otter. They’re not waiting to feed until they see the sun, for them, the only getting that’s good is the getting that’s done. […]

Flying into Easter Island last year I was amazed at the amount of water under me. 2300 miles from the nearest country (Chile) and 1200 miles from the nearest inhabited islands, the Pitcairns, I wondered how the original Polynesians ever found them. Only 14 miles long by 7 miles wide, Easter Island is less than […]

That day, a small herd of guanacos caught my eye, as we flew around and they scampered over the rough countryside. From up high, they were easier to spot than on the ground, but they blended so well with the land around them, they were there one minute and gone the next, only to reappear […]

More and more I find myself disconnected from the world around me. The fact came home to me the other day while listening to a reporter say she had nearly fainted upon hearing that president Trump had fired the director of the FBI. Why don’t I care? I asked myself. Why is everyone on the […]

Sometimes in writing, one of my characters will say something that actually coincides with my own views. This is one such case. It’s from the second book in Tierra del Fuego, for now known as “Book 2”, and Segundino is trying to figure out what to publish in his start up newspaper.“I remember reading once […]