I'm having a good run this week and will be back in the Executive Suite. This is me 40 years ago at an Eritrean rebel medical conference. We had to stop for a while when Ethiopian MIGs attacked nearby.
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It looks like we've swapped places today as I wait for the tipple van with my pooches on a sunny first morning of Spring in Melbourne.

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I managed to stay in the clubhouse for a mimosa in the cheap seats. Melbourne is having a run of perfect sunny days. My pooches are enjoying daily runs on the beach.

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My doggies enjoying a play date with dogs of the same breed (Coton de Tulear) on a chilly winter morning. Lots of fluffy fun.

I'll be joining you in the Executive Suite today. I'm enjoying our stay in Asheville looking out from the terrace towards the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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I will join you in spirit. We had a great dinner last night at a gourmet Southern restaurant. I had pork ribs and delicious cornbread.

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It's a permanent Museum of Aboriginal Art, the largest outside Australia. Brilliant.

I just visited the Kruge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. It's the largest such museum outside of Australia. A brilliant initiative by UVA.

I also made it to the Penthouse. I've left snowy Vermont, on my way to milder Charlottesville. I haven't seen a single MAGA cap yet.

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This is my first trip to the US since the Kingdom of Donald was established. I've been in Boston and Burlington VT and haven't seen a single MAGA hat. My friends are palpably angry and one is getting ready to move to Canada, she's a dual US Canadian citizen. Next stop Charlottesville.

I watched this nauseous pep rally for 10 minutes then turned it off and returned to a good book.

Exactly 13 years ago, I took this stunning photo of the female members of a nomadic Arab family near the border of Chad and Central African Republic. The world is an amazing place.

Gisele Pelicot is my Person of the Year.

Niko expresses his love for his big sister Mika with a thorough face licking.

To my new friends on Bluesky here are my two besties, Mika (big sister, 5 yo) and Niko (little brother, 2 yo). They keep me sane.