I always get a bit buzzed out in late August, a feeling that is probably triggered by the cooler night and the sight of my daughters going back to school. It doesn’t help that I have so much writing to do, grant applications, papers, book chapters, the blogs, etc… but the words won’t come out. Of course, the closer the deadlines, the worse it gets and even the camera gets little use. Thank God for my Costa Rica images or the photoblog would go hungry.

I am trying to get out of it with “bloggable” activities. We have just returned from a 2 hour hike at the Ile Bizard Nature Park where we were able to see a fair amount of wildlife. Tonight we’re heading downtown for Berber food and Baladi dancers ^[1].