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Ring-tailed lemur

Ring-tailed lemur

Marty’s photo of the day #3831: Sometimes, when I’m on college speaking tours, I fit in shows at museums and nature centers. Those shows I do for a discount, knowing I’ll get a “backstage” tour later. This is me feeding a ring-tailed lemur after a show at the Oglebay Good Zoo in West Virginia. And […]

Winter games

Winter games

Marty’s photo of the day #3830: Every morning at 8:30 Nellie comes into my writing room and stares at me until I take her outside to play Frisbee. Although she does catch the disc, doing so isn’t a high priority for her. She would rather retrieve the Frisbee and then pull it away a split-second […]

Spanish Martini

Spanish Martini

Marty’s photo of the day #3828: In a glass add 2 1/2 ounces of gin or vodka, 1/2 ounce of dry vermouth, and ice. Travel to Spain, climb gate of olive farm located there, steal two olives and drop them into the glass. Run away when spotted (carrying the glass, of course) and hurry back […]

Laying on paws

Laying on paws

Marty’s photo of the day #3826: I’m not allergic to anything, and I have never had a reaction to any shot—except the Moderna shot. Deb and I got our boosters on Wednesday, and we both had a reaction. For me, it was as if I had gone several rounds with a heavyweight boxer. I ached […]

My favorite deity

My favorite deity

Marty’s photo of the day #3825: I photographed this pink river dolphin in a tributary of the Amazon River. Of all the deities, pink river dolphins are my favorite. They live in Encante, a city of gold under the Amazon River (I named my talent agency Encante Entertainment, Inc.), and their primary superpower is that […]

Permafrost

Permafrost

Marty’s photo of the day #3824: Today’s photo is more educational than pretty. You are looking at permafrost bulging through the bank of the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is just about the only way a person can see permafrost without digging.

The best way to do Europe

The best way to do Europe

Marty’s photo of the day #3820: When Deb and I traveled to Europe for my first book, “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents,” we had no GPS, no cell phones, no hotel reservations, and no plans at all other than to meet a friend mid-trip in Switzerland for two days. We started in […]

Why we don’t pre-plan

Why we don’t pre-plan

Marty’s photo of the day #3815: The other night, my wife, Deb, and I were talking about the different ways people travel. While some of our adventures, like to Antarctica, were only practical with guides, many of our best adventures happened when nothing was pre-planned. Many people go to places, like Spain, on trips where […]