From the Mountains above the Applegate River

      I have recently faced up to and admitted: I'm not a good gardener, and, although I love gardens, I don't love gardening.     ...

    As in places all around the country, and in the world, large numbers of No Kings protestors showed up in Grants Pass last Saturday. I wa...

    The skiing was great—not always easy, but that was part of the fun.  Skiing through the woods was lovely on the easy ups and downs and w...

      There were eight of us on this Sierra Club ski-and-snowshoe trip in the White Mountains—five participants; two assistant leaders (Toma...

     Last week I was skiing at Crater Lake National Park with a Sierra Club national outing. S uch good company! (Sierra Club outings attrac...

      I have bought a new book.      Isn't it beautiful?          My sister Sharon told me that when she was in college and had to devel...

   Two days after  Christmas I put up a Christmas tree?   The day after  New Year's Eve I have a party?     Isn't that all kind of l...