Scuba diving was never my strong suit. I've always had difficulty clearing my ears, even in the deep end of a swimming pool. So I surprised myself when I signed…
It was the morning of my tenth birthday. My dad and I had tickets to see the Phillies host the Astros at Connie Mack Stadium. But outside it was pouring,…
When I was working on the Peregrino album I commuted from the Ruzafa neighborhood to Estudio Millennia in La Fontet de San Luis. The walk took 25 minutes and I could use…
A number of years ago I found myself in northern Argentina being chased through a grassland by a giant anteater. It was a large mammal with a tapered snout and…
I’ve just completed a full year of monthly interviews for the podcast about creativity, which calls for a self assessment of sorts. My grandfather, Howard Imhoff, was a painter and…
I learned to ski at a fairly young age, and like a number of activities I participated in early on, skiing became part of my adult persona. We got season…
In September we left our Bubble of nearly eighteen months and ventured to Durham, North Carolina where our daughter, Willa, had relocated. To overstate the obvious, flying is not what it…
In Valencia there is a small club called Bar Centro Excursionista. Many cities and towns throughout Spain have clubs with a similar name but these are typically organizations that promote…
This article originally appeared in a special edition of Agriculture and Human Values, 2020.
On a Saturday morning in early March I arrived at the local farm supply hoping to buy two…
A Valenciano offered us three passes for a late afternoon corrida or bull fight. Our son, Gardner, was visiting with us for the entire month of March and we attended knowing full…
Here’s the thing: I’d like to be more than just a well-trained monkey. This is one of the reasons I’ve spent so much time in situations of “higher learning,” seeking…
Pyromania, like paella, is deeply engrained in Valencian culture. The city has a Spring carnival tradition known as the Fallas. It lasts for three weeks with daily explosions in the heart of…