Lake Superior has turned out to be even moodier than I had imagined. The sleeping giant can wake up almost instantly and build itself into a fury that rivals that of much larger oceans. The weather has been extremely cold and wet, way below seasonal average, and I’ve managed to catch a nasty cold.
But the lake keeps calling me over and the camera rarely gets a break; it’s as if the inland sea was reminding me with her displays of alternating calm and violence, that water forever flows in my veins, and vain it is trying to deny it...
It seems I went from looking out my back porch to the Caribbean Sea, to overlooking the immensity of Lake Superior. The fact that the temperature has dropped by about 50 degrees notwithstanding, the two bodies of water are surprisingly similar in their moods and many changing faces.
Here looking out from the balcony of the apartment towards the East, as the sun bravely tries to brake through the clouds and shines on the calm mist still lingering on the surface...
Reflection of a lighthouse by one of Duluth’s bridges.
If asked a few months ago what the most unlikely places on Earth for me to visit were, I would have had to answer - not necessarily in that order - The White House, Sting Ray City, a Survivor movie set, Shanghai’s Imperial Bowling Alley, and Duluth, Minnesota. ![]()
Yet here I am in Minneapolis, visiting the largest mall in America and headed north towards Lake Superior. Comme quoi...
I must apologize to those of you who visit these premises often enough to have found them temporarily out of service.
The web hosting company is going through some changes, upgrading servers and PHP and as everybody knows, such changes are rarely glitch-less. But I can assure you that it is being worked on and we hope to have everything back to normal within the shortest delays. In the meantime, if you find the blog or even the web site unavailable, arm yourself with patience and go play an amazing game of chess against a transparent artificial intelligence! ![]()






























