On War Reenactments
In the last couple of months, I’ve been to two war reenactments. Being in North Carolina, clearly one of them was a Civil War...
Looking Up
Faithful readers of The Hungry Pelican will have surely noted by now that I haven’t been so faithful about writing. Well, the good news...
God, Not Another Eureka Blog
For all the outdoor activities I do, camping, hiking, living on a deserted island for days by myself, I’ve never really considered myself...
Caged and Insignificant
Last week, I went to this zoo that’s not exactly a zoo. It’s a place called Tiger World. While I don’t know much about it, Tiger World...
Dorian's Subtracting
I don’t want to give you a news report, so suffice it to say, Dorian destroyed the Bahamas. Who didn’t ask where God was? Who dying...
Sharks or A Strangely Warmed Heart
When you’re copping off heads, it helps to have a serrated knife. I didn’t, so I more or less mashed my fillet knife through fish bones...
Absorbed and Concentrated
Starting photography, I found, was much like fishing. It started simple enough: a good experience, surpassed expectations, the organic...
One Tracked __________?
Do you remember the first time you stood ankle deep in the ocean before dawn? The sinking feeling and splash of vertigo hypnotized as you...
Waves and Rocks or Slipping Coherence
Standing on the stony coast, winter’s fading nip in the air, I was surprised how quickly I no longer heard the water pummeling the rocks....
God Is Too Much
A couple weeks ago, my wife came to me and asked, “Do you want to go to Oregon?” “Uh, yeah,” I said. Who wouldn’t want to go? Wandering...