Navigating Health and Community in Germany as a Returned Immigrant: Trains, Sport, and Food I emigrated in 1987 to the United States of America leaving Germany in 1985 to study oceanography in the United Kingdom. After graduate school, marriage, kids, U.S. citizenship, career, and finally…

Back-Packing to Pioneer Basin in California’s High Sierra: Beaches and Swimming and Trout Pavla stopped her Suburu Outback on the side of the road in Tuoloume Meadows, Yosemite National Park to pick up a 63-year old hitchhiker who tried to reach his remote Parker/Mono trailhead. First, however,…

Exploring Greenland’s Coastal Currents: A Journey of Discovery with Icebreaker Polarstern Icebreaker Polarstern reached its home port of Bremerhaven in Germany just before Orkan "Joshua" hit northern Germany hard. The ship returned after 3 month at sea with 48 crew and 46 scientists working on…

Faith, Freedom, and War: German Summer School in Ukraine The Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv invited me to teach at their Summer Language School. Until last week I worked with ~50 Ukrainian students from about 10 in the morning to 5 in the evening monday through saturday. We met daily in…

Walking Lviv, Ukraine: Art, Life, War, and History An air raid alarm interupted my first night's sleep near Rynok Square in Lviv, Ukraine at 2:30 am on June-12, 2024 after 22 hours on a train the day prior. Sirens outside, mobile loud-speakers on the streets, and my cell phone all blared the…

Greenland Ocean Expeditions, Science, and Fun Science and Greenland both combine discovery, adventure, and diverse people. I do this work free of academic constraints, responsibilities, and pay, because I retired from my university three months ago drawing on savings that accumulated since 1992…

Greenland on my Worried Mind My President Donald J. Trump threatens to take Greenland and does not rule out force to do so. A conflict emerges between the current United States' administration and the people of Greenland and Denmark. My loyalities as an American citizen lie with the U.S.…