From the Mountains above the Applegate River

            The Dolason Prairie Trail begins high and ends low , and so, of course, it returns from low to high. Thus is contrast...

            Yesterday was m y birthday, and it w as all very wonderful  – out to dinner in Jacksonville and t...

         If we think food is important, it seems we would pay attention to our kitchens. But historically that isn’t tr...

            When I visited my son on Vashon Island over the Fourth of July weekend, he told me, Friday night, that we w...

         Every Fourth of July means flag waving and family picnics, parades and fire-works, hot sun and leisure, but f...

    A few days ago Mike and I were hiking up Kerby Peak, a good hard climb straight up a peak to the spectacular 360-degree view of valleys...

          This September I will be hiking the Alta Via 2 in Italy’s Dolomite Mountains for thirteen days with my friend Mike. The guide...