Welcome to my travel blog. I’m just reorganizing things so you may find a different look from time to time. On the top of this page you can access my publishing company Ranger Doug’s Enterprises or jump directly on board my 1899 tugboat, Katahdin. Directly to the right is an archive beginning in Antarctica in 2004 which now contains about 250 posts, so scroll away and enjoy!
Latest Blog Posts
Inside Passage and a little Logging
Summer is nearly upon us--or at least the rain is getting warm--and Tucson heats up so I scurry to Seattle where I focus on book displays, podcasts/talks (3) and Katahdin's steering--but let's pick up stepping on board the Alaska Marine Highway System's last of two...
The Chopin G minor Ballade (and Doug’s pianos).
As if repairing and synchronizing metronomes isn't befuddling enough, this sequel to the previous post will continue to focus on the purpose of the metronome and my favorite piano piece--Chopin's G minor Ballade. Recall that my Russian piano instructor, Alex...
The Mlynarski Metronome and Huygen’s Synchronization Paradox
My music education resurfaced in a sorority house in the 1960s during college days. While waiting for my date to descend the circular stairs in perfect splendor, I heard a beautiful piano melody precede her entrance. Upon inquiring, I learned it was none other than...
Mary Jane Colter, Fred Harvey and dinner plates
Mary Jane Colter, an architect ahead of her time, not only designed buildings for the Fred Harvey Company--as covered in the previous blogpost--but also many of the interior decorations of her buildings right down to, and including, the tableware. For those of you...