What ya gonna do? Flew into Santiago from Easter Island and had a very long day and most of a…
Field notes from a small island
Having spent a whole week on Rapa Nui I now, of course, am an expert on this magical, mysterious island.…
When the aku aku comes calling, best smile
Listen, we all come to Rapa Nui to see the giant stone moai. Because they are the, um, biggest game…
Adrift in a land of myth and mystery
Listen, I’m no Gaughan. And when you think about what happened to him after he ran off to Tahiti to…
A couple a hours in the streets of Saint Iago
So I’m on my way to Easter Island see. And you can’t get there without you go through Santiago. Unfortunately,…
My most mysterious island
Islands enthrall me. Always have. As a kid my favorite Jules Verne novel was Mysterious Island. My favorite TV show…
From his mouth to deaf ears
Of all the asinine things The Great DeSanitizer has ever said – and they are, by now, uncountable – this…
What! Sell a piece of GNV history?
Trump may (or may not) want to sell GNV’s federal courthouse. I say may (or may not) because the building…
Can Dems flip Newberry blue?
No question, if there is a laboratory for half-baked GOP ideas in Alachua County it is Newberry (town motto: Annex…
Mick Jagger tried to warn us
I originally posted this in March, 2025, and at the time even I considered that it might be a bit…
