Congaree National Park, South Carolina

A short tour of Congaree National Park in South Carolina. No, it's not Yellowstone, but it doesn't pretend to be. It’s a chance to experience a wild, unusual landscape where ancient towering trees, peaceful swampy forests, wildlife, and quiet trails come together in a way you won’t find in many other national parks.

More renaming of America - Lake, err, Ontario

I guess the renaming of America is continuing. Following up from my piece in the Hartford Courant last year, it's now a short video with a little AI help. OK, a lot of AI help. My lyrics, then AI created the music. I mean, it sounds like any country song (but which country?). I then told meta.ai what I wanted for each image and it created almost every one perfectly. Then I had to put the images and music together the old-fashioned in a video program which took way too much time (I used Photopia). All free to make (I don't monetize anything, just for fun). Give it a try

Create you own AI song - absurdly easy

It is absurd how easy it is to create songs/music with AI now. Needless to say, my first attempt was truly absurb - nutty lyrics I put together with 100% AI generated music (totally free) and took about 5 minutes. So I had to title it Absurd. I used EasyMusic.AI, but there are dozens of sites now. Next create images, then animate some...all AI. And, taking it one mind-numbing step further, see the video with all AI generated images.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Yes, it's out of the way, up there in North Dakota, but so much to see. Cool early spring mornings, with the mist hanging in the valley below, oh my. Bison? Check. Wild horses? Check. Adorable prairie dogs? Check. Link to story: