It was an early morning -- Rebecca and I left for our tour of Pompeii, Sorrento, and Capri at 7:15 AM (after a rushed breakfast in the buffet). We boarded one of eight buses and rode from Naples to Pompeii, where we wandered the astonishing ruins in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The air was filled with a pall of smoke…nothing to do with volcanic eruptions, just agricultural fields being burned. Pompeii was as incredible as I had hoped it would be. Next the bus drove along the rugged and beautiful coast to Sorrento where we had lunch,...
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THE MEDITERRANEAN I’ve been keeping a journal of the last week’s travels, but haven’t had a chance to post a blog until now. The cruise ship’s internet connection is much too slow to upload photos; I’ll post highlights when we’re back in the US. ITALY Writing this initial report on our first evening aboard the cruise ship; Rebecca is sound asleep, and we have to get up very early tomorrow for a long day tour of Naples, Pompeii, and Capri. Two days before leaving Colorado for Rome, nearly a foot of snow whomped the Denver area, bad enough...
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For a feature in next month's issue of Prog magazine, the photographer spent many hours setting up a photo shoot of me with part of my music collection in my writing office. Since I do most of my writing outside in nature, we felt this shot was most representative. Meanwhile, Rebecca and I are nearly finished writing all the lyrics for the second Roswell Six/Terra Incognita CD to accompany The Map of All Things, next June. We've heard two of the demos so far, and the music really kicks ass. We'll post samples in a few months as production is...
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For a feature in next month's issue of Prog magazine, the photographer spent many hours setting up a photo shoot of me with part of my music collection in my writing office. Since I do most of my writing outside in nature, we felt this shot was most representative. Meanwhile, Rebecca and I are nearly finished writing all the lyrics for the second Roswell Six/Terra Incognita CD to accompany The Map of All Things, next June. We've heard two of the demos so far, and the music really kicks ass. We'll post samples in a few months as production is...
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