Book Club
Our wives were scheduled to do a zoom book club meeting Sunday afternoon; it seemed like a good time for Andy and I to load up the dogs and head to the woods. ...
Halloween 2020 -Part 3: Striking Camp
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Halloween 2020 -Part 2: Samhain
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Halloween 2020 -Part 1: Pitching Camp
Ever notice how traditions spring from repetition, almost without our noticing? Apparently, my brother and I have a traditional Halloween camp-out. Every year, we go up in the woods, camp, carve Jack O'Lanterns, hunt mushrooms, drink too much, and eat too much....
A Misty Fall Afternoon
First Day of Spring
3/20/26 7:15 46F (7.7C) White tufts rip free of the cloud bank to the west and sail across the blue expanse above me. Doves compete with the other birds in an impromptu This Morning's Got Talent show while the dogs in the canyon bark loud applause. I...
Good Morning
3/19/26 6:30 44F (6.66C) Calm, mostly clear with a few scattered clouds. The last day of a winter that never came. A duck and a wren were having a round robin this morning. Some sparrows joined in, with occasional commentary from the rooster. Good...
Good Morning
3/18/26 6:00 42F (5.5C) Calm, cool, dark No rain. Birds twitter. A few stars twinkle, fading as the morning glow begins. The neighbor's dog is yapping, setting Walter off. He reluctantly heeds my call and trots sullenly back to the deck, flopping down...
Good Morning
3/17/26 7:00 40F (4.4C) Calm. Mostly clear. A delicate lace of thin white clouds decorates the blue sky overhead. The fragile wisps begin to tinge pink as sunrise approaches. There are orchard fans rumbling somewhere north of me and sprayers are whining...
Good Morning
3/16/26 5:30 38F (3.3C) Calm, cloudy, dark. There is no breeze on the ground. Overhead, the clouds part here and there to reveal a few scattered stars before shuttering them again. A dog yips at the farm across the way. Walter runs to the fence and...
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