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A visit to the Orkney Islands and the pre-Stonehenge Ring of Brodgar, and an ancient cathedral that looks like it is melting into the earth. The post Life Among the Runes first appeared on Connected Traveler.

My right to free speech first cracked in 1969. That was the year The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was cancelled by CBS. It was under pressure from the Nixon Administration for its anti-Vietnam War and pro-Civil Rights satire. The post Memoir: A Crack In Free Speech first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Monteverde, Costa Rica, now hosting deportees from around the world is home to a pristine nature preserve. We paid a visit. The post Celebrating Earth Day: The Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica – Video first appeared on Connected Traveler.

A trippy video trip to the Gregangelo Museum, hidden in a San Francisco neighborhood, where you can slip down a rabbit hole, reflect on life and death and travel into space. The post Down the Rabbit Hole at the Gregangelo Museum first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Birds do it, bees do it...we all do it, that's why we are We. We found Valentines Day appropriate to celebrate just how it is done by other species. The post Birds Do It, Wildebeests Do It: An Adult Safari first appeared on Connected Traveler.

Codswallop, Malarkey and Trumpery, a look at the language of BS The post How Do YOU Say Bull*** first appeared on Connected Traveler.

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.