Travails with Travois
5/2/16 Dear Robert, I trust you had a safe drive back to Salem and were rewarded with a warm welcome home. How are you feeling today? I woke up a little sore, mostly in the back and shoulders, but a half hour in the hot tub and a couple of aspirin put that right....
A Liter of Beer
As I rode up to the gate, I could hear the bands playing over the thumping rhythm of my ancient /2 BMW. It was hot out, at the high end of ninety, and I was overdue for a beer. There were campsites reserved for the bikers to the east of the stage, opposite the...
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
12/20/25 6:45 34F (1.1C) Cold, clear, calm. Ducks rise from the pond beyond the fence. I hear their wings beat the still air; their quacking fades as they circle east and disappear. I had expected overcast with light rain, perhaps snow. It is cold but...
Good Morning
12/19/25 7:00 35F (1.6C) Overcast. Cold with a slight breeze. Damp and gloomy. Scattered drifts of slushy snow melt into the muddy grass. The rooster crows, forlorn and still locked in the coop. A bird squawks, a dog barks. A disgruntled crow croaks from...
Good Morning
12/18/25 6:45 38F (3.3C) Dark, raining. There is no wind. The sky is a uniform , dull gray. It is raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. By 7:30 I begin to see snow mixed with the rain. Very wet, more like raindrops with texture, a portent of...
Good Morning
12/17/25 6:15 43F (6.1C) Clouds and ferocious wind gusts. It is dark. No hot tub this morning. We woke up at 2:00 and found the power out. It is still out now. There were rain squalls all night. Terrific blasts of wind pelted the house with debris....
Good Morning
12/16/25 5:45 50F (10C) Dark and rainy, with the wind dropping off. A hard rain is pelting down, rattling in the drain pipe, splashing through the muddy turf. In between the fog and clouds rests a thin band of not quite light, a slightly brighter shade of gray ...
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