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Why I Am Not A Cat Person
It was one of those spells we get in January; a couple of weeks of clear, dry weather with the temperatures stuck in the teens. I had seen an ad in the paper for a BMW powered reverse trike up in The Dalles. I envisioned something like a Morgan. Two wheels in front,...
January Rain
Five to five and the last patients have left the office. The doctors are finishing their dictation; the office staff have locked the doors, turned off the lights and gone home. I clean the surgical instruments and shut off the machines, flipping the breaker on the...
New Years Solo Camp with Dogs
December 31, 2018 Sunset 4:33 PM January 1, 2019 Moonrise 3:28 AM, waning crescent Sunrise 7:49 AM I found myself at loose ends for New Year's Eve. Amy was in California visiting relatives and both my brothers were busy. I had to work that morning, but I had...
Throwback Thursday-New Years Day 2015
Several years ago Andy and I went for a little New Years Day ride up Lost Lake Road to Lolo Pass. Turning off FS 18, we followed a spur road which ran a short way along the West Fork of the Hood River, before ending in a clearing above a stream flowing into the river....
A December Excursion
Saturday morning, I installed a fresh tire on the front of the bike, a match to the new knobby I put on the rear last weekend, complete with ice screws. Now that I was ready for Winter, the temperatures had risen above freezing. ...
Good Morning
9/24/25 6:00 49F (9.4C) Dark and clear this morning. The stars are still out. It was quiet. A prop plane churned by. Then the dog across the street heard something. His barking set off Walter who is now protecting our perimeter, loudly...
Good Morning
9/23/25 6:00 47F (8.3C) A pretty autumn morning. Still air, and quiet. No industrial hum, no sprayers whining in the distance, almost no early traffic. Above me is a pattern of constantly shifting hues, pinks and lavenders, yellows and blues. The...
Good Morning
9/22/25 6:00 47F (8.3C) Calm, clear, dark. Happy birthday, Mom! ...
Good Morning
9/21/25 6:00 57F (13.8C) New moon. Cloudy with a light breeze. Very dark this morning. The all cricket chorus is in full song, belting out their greatest hits. Walter has joined a spirited conversation with the dogs down the street. I tell him to...
Good Morning
9/20/25 6:30 55F (12.7C) Clear sky, light breeze. The morning started quietly. Just a single, discosolate croak from a corvid, hidden in the darkness. But now the rooster is crowing and birds are squawking. I just put Walter in the house because...
