I write about things, people and places I wish to remember.
View from the Mountain of the Dead, Siwa, Egypt (2025)
Canadian Egyptologist - Rexine Hummel
Rexine Hummel on her first dig in East Karnak in 1976.
Northern Thailand Traditional Life
Traditional fishing net for small fish - on the Ing River, northern Thailand (2024)
The New Civ - What I Like and Dislike…
Civilization VII - First Impressions
Love the look of Hatshepsut!
Ancient and Modern Egyptian Species Extinctions
Basilosaurus skeleton at Wadi al Hitan, 2015
Some notes about the presentation I gave on January 30, 2025.
Happy Lunar New Year
Thanks to my colleague, Ruiping, who brought me back this carved memento from China.
Northern Thailand Traditional Life
A prize rooster in his own cage - Chiang Ban, Thailand (2024)
4 hour layover in Taipei Airport
Some beautiful art in installations throughout Taipei airport!
My Grandfather
Clarence Joseph Donnelly (1904-2008)
He always seemed happiest when fishing!
Egyptian Species Extinctions
Critically Endangered Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni), Calgary Zoo (2024)
Canadian Egyptologist - Rexine Hummel
Rexine Hummel (right) is an amazing Canadian archaeologist and ceramicist who specializes in Ancient Egypt. She is the focus of a series of posts that I am writing on Canadian female Egyptologists!
Review: Women in the Valley of the Kings
Women in the Valley of the Kings - by Kathleen Sheppard (2024)
Eight Bells
Winslow Homer. Eight Bells (1886). Oil on canvas, 64.1 × 76.5 cm (25.2 in × 30.1 in). Addison Gallery of American Art.
Midsummer Update - 2024
An update on the restoration project of the 1910 schooner Midsummer - currently undergoing major conservation work in Mombasa.
What’s Your 60?
A beautiful 1000 year old Kapong Tree - at Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam (2024)
Please sponsor my efforts to connect with nature this year!
dadonnelly on iNaturalist
As of December 31, 2024 = 558 observations; 368 species
Top Blog Posts of 2024
Thanks to everyone who shared in my writing journey this past year!
Happy New Year!!
Dim Sum Love
I always love a beautiful fish tank! 🐟
This one is at the Silver Dragon Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta.
A VR Experience - Horizon of Khufu
This Virtual Reality experience is an expressive and exciting way to see the pyramids of Egypt!