David Gossard

Project Alianza

Project Alianza is an organization dedicated to bridging the rural learning gap for children in Central America.

Altavette Project

Altavette Project built and funds a school for disadvantaged girls in Nepal.

Sicily-Cinque Terre, Italy 2023

A 10-day driving tour through Sicily followed by 4 days in Cinque Terre, five picturesque small towns clinging to the coastal cliffs of northern Italy.

Paros, Greece 2022

A week-long stay on the Greek Island of Paros.

France 2019

To celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, we took a fabulous 3-week driving tour of southern France. We visited Avignon, San Remy, Pierrevere and Paris. We had a great time.

Buenos Aires 2019

I traveled to Argentina to be a part of a 4-person team making a film about Tango under the leadership of a professional director. A memorable experience.

Swimming with Whales 2019

Janie traveled to the Dominican Republic where she spent an entire week on a small boat donning wetsuit-flippers-goggles daily to swim with the whales and their young in their winter breeding grounds.

San Miguel de Allende 2018

We took a winter break in the town of San Miguel de Allende in northern Mexico.

Umbria and Tuscany 2017

With good friends (the Hendricksons and the Honeths), we rented villas in Tuscany for a two-week vacation. Food, wine and sight-seeing. Magical.

Cuba 2017

Taking advantage of a rare window in the decades-long embargo prohibiting U.S. tourists, we put together a 10-day driving tour of Cuba. Daughter JeanMarie went along as our interpreter.

Cottage Contemplations

The wildlife environment surrounding our cottage on Whortleberry Island in Lake Winnipesaukee.

Ireland 2014

A driving tour of southern Ireland. Two weeks of unusually good weather full of scenery, history, music and pubs. Arguably the best trip we've ever taken.

African Safari 2012

After meeting up with our peripatetic daughter JeanMarie in Zimbabwe, we went on a bare-bones safari, i.e. pitch-your-own-tent, sleep-on-the-ground, listen-to-sounds-of-big-animals-outside-your-tent. Memorable.

Galapagos Islands 2008

Our only trip to this unique destination.

Costa Rica 2006

The first of several trips to Costa Rica and Central America.

Running Big — Original Length

Arguably my only "real" movie... Running Big.

In 2015, my brother "Buck" (Alan) at the age of 64, announced that he would try to run the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon, a.k.a. "The Double", a feat that involves running a half-marathon (13.1 mi) from the small town of Manitou Springs (6,000 ft) to the summit of Pikes Peak (14,000 ft) on one day, then on the very next day, running a full-marathon (26.2 mi.) to the summit and back. I undertook to film the event.

The movie was eventually accepted in the IndyFest film festival where it won the Audience Award.

Running Big — TV

In January 2017 an edited version of the movie was broadcast on KRMA-TV (Channel 6) Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver.

Hog Story — Halloween Story

On two separate occasions, I attended a storytelling conference in upstate New York with friends Craig and Mary Humphrey. On both occasions, Craig kindly "volunteered" me to tell a story of growing up on a farm in Indiana.

Cottage Window Repair

A first-hand account of a home-repair project gone out of control.

Cottage Gutter Repair

Another home-repair project.

50th Wedding Anniversary

Our story in pictures.

Andy and Diana's Wedding

Two lives come together.

Tuey's Graduation from Phillips Andover

A childhood's history.

Anita Gossard Memorial

Anita Gossard, the family matriarch, passed away at the age of 95. She was a wonderful lady who is fondly remembered.