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An audio and video essay on why the author vows to be more like an otter in 2026. Hints: be more playful, eat more shellfish, watch out for Great White Sharks. The post Otter Ecstacy – Why I Vow to be Otterlike in 2026 first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Waking up to cathedral bells and a cocksure rooster to the celebration of Day of the Dead in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It also happened to be Halloween. The post Celebrating Day of the Dead on Halloween: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (Video) first appeared on Connected Traveler.

The new season of Duckton Abbey is rapidly approaching: new adventures, new scandals, perhaps a tryst or three, mannerly speaking, from the rarefied realm of the duck pond in our town plaza. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | TuneIn | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Deezer| Pandora In the last episode, the free spirited Trevor, the Dabbling Duck, won the hand of the tender-breasted Lady Rosalinda of the Reeds after he saved Duckton Abbey by tearing off the inflator-valve of a giant, fearsome inflated swan, which had been maliciously planted by The Duck al Orange, who was, like his predecessors, […] The post Sneak Preview: Duckton Abbey, The New Season first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Before the era of the mega-cruise ships, I shot this video on the then-quiet island of Santorini, Greece and remastered it to high def. The post Video: The Big Boom Theory – Santorini, Greece Before the Monster Cruise Ships first appeared on Connected Traveler.

On the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a remembrance of 38th and Chicago, my old neighborhood, the place where it happened, and the hope that that address could still become the symbol of a new era. The post My Old Neighborhood: The Place Where it Happened first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Wine, song, and a visit to the lairs of the Mad Poets who lived on Lake Garda, Italy plus a wave from Juliet's balcony in Verona. The post For Better or for Verse: The Mad Poet’s Society of Lake Garda first appeared on Connected Traveler.

The Magaphone, which had its origins in the megaphone, aka the bullhorn, cowhorn, blowhorn, or loudhailer, is today, as it was in the past, used to make a weak voice loud. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | TuneIn | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Deezer| Pandora A weak voice is projected into the narrow end of the Magaphone by holding it up to the mouth and shouting, thereby, in technical terms, amplifying the acoustic impedance of the vocal cords to match them to the outside air while forcing the sound waves loudly in one direction. This is frequently manifested in a screech because the frequency response of […] The post Word of the Day: The Magaphone first appeared on Connected Traveler.

My Baptism into the Realm of Radio: about Ducks, Border Blasters, and a Visit from Charlie Gringo The post Live from Camp Swampy first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Celebrating International Radio Day: a memoir of how listening to the radio as a youth instilled in me a passion for radio and traveling the world. The post Shooting Stars and Fireflies and Looking for Donald Duck first appeared on Connected Traveler.

In 1984 I produced a short film that began on the Portuguese Island of Madeira, off the coast of Africa, and ended with Vincent Price and an Egg McMuffin. The post Memoir: The Island of Sad Cows, A Luxury Cruise, Vincent Price and an Egg McMuffin first appeared on Connected Traveler.