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    Rare Air Episode 43

    March 1, 2021 - By Roger D.

    Stay tuned for new virtual getaways coming soon.

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    Rare Air Episode 42

    January 2, 2021 - By Roger D.

    You may recall me expressing interest in packaging “Rare Air” differently, in a longer form. I’m excited to dig into this as 2021 progresses. With luck, something worth seeing will show up here before too long. Meanwhile, I hope you’ll enjoy the unedited scene debuting here today, which is something of a magical moment on its own.

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    December 2020

    December 1, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Sunset from Caneel Bay, July, 2017.

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    Rare Air Episode 41

    November 1, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Meet our octopus friend!

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    October 2020

    September 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    More Rare Air, coming soon.

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    Rare Air Episode 40

    August 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Here are some notes from my journal on 10 July, 2017, the day this footage was recorded. “So long as nothing threatening presents itself, one can easily experience sheer bravado, even while visiting a world where we are so foreign. A half mile off the coast of St. John with mostly just ocean to the east and south, and Tortola a couple of miles away to the north, we were very exposed to all the natural life of the deep, dark sea. But as we swam from just around the tip of the south side to the north along the…

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    2019 Uncle Kurtis and Friends Holiday Showcase

    August 16, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Uncle Kurtis and Friends Holiday Showcase @ Asheville Music Hall 12-15-2019

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    August 2020

    July 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    "Best snorkeling experience of our week"

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    Rare Air Episode 39

    June 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    If I had ever experienced a close encounter with a squid before July 9, 2017, I don’t remember it. And on the other hand, the visitation recorded in the video featured here is something I will probably never forget. On this trip, I had a new underwater housing for my Sony DSC-RX100 camera, and I didn’t yet have much experience attempting to frame subjects with it. That’s one factor; another is the ocean’s current. I suppose I probably was also at least a little taken aback by the steady gaze of 20 creatures who seemed quite interested in watching me.

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    June 2020

    May 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: Scene from July, 2017, among the wrasses in St. John.

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