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
3/2/26 5:00 34F (1C) Clear and calm. The moon, waxing to full, round and bright against the dark sky, hangs above the west ridge between Willow Flat and Middle Mountain. Early tomorrow morning there will be a lunar eclipse. As the nieghbors begin to...
Good Morning
3/1/26 6:30 35F (1.6C) Calm with broken overcast. The sky is incompletely hidden behind ragged white tufts. The clouds look like stuffing pulled from a dog's toy. Dawn was beginning to lighten the sky. I rolled over to check the clock just as the...
Good Morning
2/28/26 5:45 29F (- 1.6C) Cold, mostly clear with a slight breeze. It is quiet and dark. The light breeze has not moved the strand of clouds hanging over the trees to the southwest. Overhead it is clear and dark. The moon, waxing gibbous, set hours ago,...
Good Morning
2/27/26 5:45 30F (-1C) Clear and calm. Out my bedroom window I saw a dark indigo sky filled with stars, but by the time I finished with my morning ablutions the predawn glow had chased them away. With the passing of a sparrow's fart, the trills and...
Good Morning
2/26/26 6:30 28F (-2.2C) Clear and frozen, with a slight breeze. The morning was brilliant, glowing violet, lavender and blue. It has settled down to a bright, brittle blue with a few wisps of clouds around the edges. Birds are flitting about,...
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