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Processing Tipi Poles
I need forty poles for the longhouse I want to put together next spring, so I stopped by Trout Lake Ranger Station to buy a permit. There are only two plots where harvesting poles is allowed and the selection isn't great, but what are you going to do? ...
Three Days of Gluttony
3-day Menu Day 1 -Lunch Scotch eggs, wrapped in foil and heated by the fire during set up -Dinner Hot Dogs. buns, ketchup, mustard Baked beans Day 2 -Breakfast Mountain man breakfast with biscuits -Lunch snackage and drinks -Dinner Pot roast with taters, parsnip,...
California Fly and Camp
My wife started lobbying early: "The California boys are going camping. You should go. Everybody is asking for you. Damien is cooking." I was reluctant. I didn't want to take time off work. I hadn't gone anywhere since The Contagion started and I was uncomfortable...
Oh Magoo, You’ve Done It Again
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2020 Socially Distant Easter
April 11th, 2020. For the first time in decades, the Easter Bunny BBQ was cancelled, all because of the Damned Contagion. Amy and I decided we would celebrate the holiday between ourselves. It is important to maintain your normal routines when quarantined. With no...
Good Morning
9/18/25 6:30 54F (12.2C) Another calm, dark morning. The waning moon pokes its horns through the maple leaves. The sky dances with color. Morning ascends as twilight loses its grip on the night and slips away. ...
Good Morning
9/17/25 6:30 53F (11.6C) A lone crow, voice raw and cracking, flys north across the empty vault . The east begins to lighten, first a brilliant blue, brighter than the rest of the sky, changing hue, lavender, orange, yellow, before blending into a...
Good Morning
9/16/25 7:00 50F (10C) I look up into the pale blue sky. There is no wind. Birds are chattering, dogs bark. There are cars moving this morning; tires whirring and the burble of muffled exhaust announce their passing. I slept well last night and...
Good Morning
9/15/25 7:00 48F (8.8C) It is a cool morning, dark and breezy. The waning quarter moon rests on its back above a maple tree. The eastern sky begins to lighten, shades of lavender creeping into dark blue. A gunshot booms. A dog begins to bark....
Good Morning
9/14/25 6:00 59F (15C) No wind. Moon waning into the last quarter. Cloudy with rain predicted. The rooster is crowing and the dog is barking. The commotion echoes up the canyon. ...
