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What’s Wrong With People?

What’s Wrong With People?

What is wrong with people? Saturday, my friends and I pulled a truckload of trash out of the woods. This particular pile showed up near a favorite camping spot over a year ago and has been bugging me ever since. Jason was at the illegal dump site when we arrived. He...

It Was Epic

It Was Epic

This article was first published as Das Boot in Nr. 40, the October 2018 issue of International Sidecar Traveller   It took us almost a week to get packed, after work and in our spare moments. It took longer than that to convince my brother, Andy, and my good...

Unsettled Weather

Unsettled Weather

  The end of summer is collapsing into a cycle of unsettled weather. A hot day with clear blue sky will suddenly cloud up and let loose a torrent of rain. The night will go black and crack open in streaks of lightning, thunder echoing and rolling across the...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    5/21/26 5:15 45F (7.2C) Calm, clear, dry. The sun has yet to crest the ridge. The sky is clear. No wind stirs the trees. The canyon is a palette of muted greens and blue. Riotous birdsong fills the air. The rooster vocally protests his confinement. My...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    5/20/26 6:30  50F  (10C) Warm, clear,  calm. The sun is up in a sky as blue as a robin's egg. Good morning.                                          ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    5/19/26 5:30 45F (7.2C) In the soft light of dawn a gentle breeze sways the willows as orchard sprayers whine.                                        ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    5/18/26 6:00 43F (6.1C) Overcast with a flutter of breeze. It's a soft, gray morning.  Doves coo and birds chirp. The rooster is awake. Walter, having concluded a minor disagreement with the dog across the way, continues making his rounds. All is well....

Good Morning

Good Morning

    5/17/26 6:30 41F (5C) Clear, windless, beautiful. It rained last night. It rained hard most of the day yesterday and off and on all last week. The sun is rising in a clear, blue sky. It is calm. The birds are singing as if the storm had never happened....