The writer.
I’ve been featuring video shot during our 2019 trip to St. John since episode 47. Revisiting what I wrote to accompany that edition – and almost every one since – pining away for past times is clearly my recurring theme. Honoring the present does remain vastly important for me, always, and yet, this digital pathway is sure to involve even more savoring of sweet, bygone times.
Dipping back into this original series I first launched a decade ago, I am finding it is both a fascinating time capsule and a deeply meaningful map to the future.
Sunset over St. John’s Bordeaux Mountain, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Before I publish the 57th episode in this series, Beth and I are once again set to experience Saint John in person. It is very safe to say we are eagerly anticipating our visit to a new (to us) East End accommodation, during August’s second week.
Underwater scene from a 2019 day experiencing new things in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Illuminating this rapidly fading memory is my blatant inspiration.
Poetry by Roger Darnell
Underwater scene from a 2019 day experiencing new things in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Some people ask if Beth and I are always on-the-go, constantly experiencing exotic locations and their wonder. It’s easy to wish that was so, but for now, normal day-to-day life in our Asheville treehouse feels like the best-case scenario.
Each episode of Rare Air encapsulates some moment where I was completely immersed in recording another of Mother Nature’s sacred revelations. Sublime visions such as these – and others exponentially more spectacular – play out constantly on this extraordinary planet of ours. Leaning in offers me yet another opportunity to appreciate the past, and hope for what might come in the future if all goes well.