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Deadman’s Lake

Deadman’s Lake

You would have liked it. It was steep. It was steeper than Ruckle Ridge, steeper than Herman Creek, steeper than Wind Mountain. Steeper than any trail you've likely been on. It wasn't a casual "I need to take a break now" sort of steep, it was seriously steep. I mean,...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/9/25 6:30 60F (15.5C) Calm with broken clouds. It's not raining, but quite wet from last night's downpour. A faint riffle of breeze sends a brief torrent of droplets raining down from the leaves.                  ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    9/7/25 5:00 59F (15C) The deck is wet from last night's thunderstorm, but the sky is clear and peppered with stars. No wind stirs the leaves. The morning stillness hums with crickets. Backlighting the oaks, a full moon drops toward the western ridge....

Good Morning

Good Morning

    9/6/25 6:00 66F (18.8C) Windless and overcast. Although it's not as dark as yesterday,  the moon, one day from full, remains hidden behind clouds. Weather report looks a little  dodgy, with warm humidity and possibly rain predicted.      ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

  9/5/25 5:30 65F (18.3C) The crickets are in full song. It is a dark morning, no light from the nearly full moon escapes the heavy clouds. A sheet of white flashed behind Indian Head Mountain to the south, followed after a long pause by the rumble of distant...