Battery Bank
I don’t know if I have a charging problem or just a weak battery, but lately I have been having trouble starting the bike. Not all the time; in fact, very rarely, but always when the weather is miserable, and I am trying to get home. It happened again yesterday. I had...
A February Excursion
This story first appeared in International Sidecar Traveller #29 December, 2016 It’s been a cold winter, with temperatures in the single digits. Storm after storm has swept in from the ocean, dumping rain and snow across the Pacific Northwest. We've had some...
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...
Good Morning
1/3/26 5:30 36F (2.2C) Raining, no wind, warm for predawn January. By 6:00 the rain had tapered off. The full moon, low in the west, peeks through a veil of clouds, then disappears again. Trump's forces have illegally attacked Venezuela with strike...
Good Morning
1/2/26 6:30 37F (2.7C) Calm, quiet, damp. A thin fog sifts through the trees and settles in the canyon. It is warmer than yesterday morning, no ice. Everything is wet. I hear an owl softly calling. A few birds chirp quietly. A half dozen ducks rise from the...
Happy New Year
1/1/26 7:00 31F (-0.5C) Overcast, gray, subdued. Everything is encased in ice. Haze from morning fires has settled in the firs. A freezing mist is transitioning to light rain. Snow is forecast. I am surrounded by the discordant squawks of birds. Walter...
New Year’s Eve
12/31/25 4:30 34F (1C) Calm, hazy with the moon waxing gibbous, nearly full. Dave and Kel took Mom to Marchesi Vinyards for an end of the year tasting so Amy and I invited ourselves along. The temperature dropped with the sun but they have a firepit at each table so...
Good Morning
12/31/25 6:30 24F (-4.4C) The sky is blue, the ground is frozen. There is no wind. Home from California. The cold bites my fingers like a puppy. It's teeth are sharp. Ducks circle up from the weeds, heading out for a morning sortie. Dawn Patrol....
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