From the Mountains above the Applegate River

      My friend Sarah and I didn't get started on the Long Canyon Trail in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area until 2:30 in the afternoon,...

      When I came home from Scotland in early July, I had no internet. When at last the technicians  came out, they looked around and fiddle...

      I thought I was going to Scotland just for the hiking, but as it turned out, I enjoyed touristy things on the Isle of Skye, where Marg...

      Eight days.  Ninety-six miles. By foot, with packs.       Over the moors, in the blustery wind and driving rain,                      ...

      Because d etails of installation were still taking place and the inside of the building still a hard-hat construction zone, the guests...

    When I arrived at the Vashon Center for the Arts three days before the inauguration of my son, Ela Lamblin's, sculpture—skeleton, st...

 I live in an area with an unusual preponderance of beautiful California live oaks. These tall evergreen trees provide a wealth of shade wit...