Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/1/26 6:40 (if you remembered to set your clocks back) Goblins and shades danced through the trees all night, but the jack o’lanterns warded them from our camp. It is perhaps a little warmer than yesterday morning, or maybe I should say, a...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/31/26 Happy Halloween. 7:30 It is cold. There is not yet enough light to be certain, but the sky appears to be clear. I have been forced from the warmth of my bed by the need to urinate. The fire, which had burned since Wednesday, is dead with nary an ember...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/29/26 8:30 The thermometer inside the tipi reads 54F (12.2C). The one outside reads 32F (0C). I think they are both lying. There is no ice or frost, but it is damned chilly in here for 54F. I got up about an hour ago. We kept the fire going all night. The...
Chanterelles for Lunch

Chanterelles for Lunch

Mike, Walter and I ranged a little farther north than usual in search of mushrooms. The new territory didn’t yield any boletes or chanterelles, but we collected some wild ginger and  a few early cranberries before heading over to Chanty Camp. Back in familiar...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

    9/6/26 Noonish 65F (18.3C) Foggy with the rain tapering off. Several days of thunder and rain have soaked the ground and broken the summer drought. Amy, Walter and I hopped in the truck and headed to Chanty Camp for the first foray of the rainy season....