On the last day of 2024, I visited my favorite grotto on the Fonte River. Rather than shooting the waterfall, I concentrated on reflections in the river.
Author: Christopher Harper
Documenting life and exploration on Guam
The monthly subscription nightmare
Some digital businesses have a difficult time choosing a business model. If they just started with a fair monthly fee, everything would be fine. Seriously.
Thin-shelled rock crab molt
These common crustaceans on Guam grow and shed their old shells. I have never seen a more perfectly intact molt, which I found at Asan beach recently.
I didn’t care enough to make this myself
Many more commentaries would be published if I could just avoid all this bothersome thinking, writing, reading, and publishing. Is this a job for AI?
Favorites from 2024
I use openings in my schedule to capture photographs on the beaches and in the jungles around our island. Here are some of my favorites from this year!
The light of the world is Jesus
It's not the most well-known portion of the Christmas story in Luke 2, but the account of Simeon has a lot to tell us about Jesus, hope, and salvation.
Nature and history
World war two era rusted metal and coral rock mingle together in the surf as they have since liberation. Rust has become a permanent part of this rock.
I don’t believe in writer’s block
Writer's block is a myth. This commentary proves it. Not the words in the commentary, the fact it even exists. This was supposed be be another article.
Found on the Beach
I made one of my favorite images of the year today. I had an unexpected (and short) walk on the beach locating subjects for a Found on the Beach series.