Opening remarks

Me, at the sign for the Darwin Center. 

Galapagos X.  As in ten.  Travels for my sabbatical include my tenth (!) visit to the Galapagos Islands, and my longest stay to date- about a month.  Plus a few months in Cuenca, Ecuador. 

Donna and I been away for six weeks or so now, and not keeping in touch in any systematic way.  So I guess it's time to do something about that.  And it is the 21st century, so I guess this is the way to do it.  But let's get this clear- I hate *hate* HATE HATE the word "blog."  An elegant neologism is a beautiful thing.  "Blog" is not such a one.  But that's the word we're stuck with- I mean, even the platform I am using is "Blogger."  Ah, well. 

Now, it has been several weeks, and much has happened.  After all, the Galapagos!  So, things will be a little disjointed and out of chronological order.  I considered posting things in order, just delayed by a month, but that seemed suboptimal.  So instead, I'll post about earlier events whenever I don't have anything current to mention.