From the Mountains above the Applegate River

   There's an o ld hippy adage: "Be careful what you wish for because you might get it."       I wanted snow, and boy, did I g...

      Five years ago my daughter-in-law introduced me to the Polar Plunge, an annual New Year's Day event on Vashon Island (in the Puget...

      It's Thursday, January 7, 2021, and there's only one thing to write about.     I am proud of our brave and conscientious congr...

     Well, it's almost over, this a nnus horribilis . We can look forward to happier days ahead, with a new president in the White House...

     It's Christmas Eve as I write but will be Christmas Day when you read what I am writing.      I have cut a tree from the forest and...

      For years my days were shaped by the academic calendar. When the teaching came to an abrupt end, suddenly my days lacked any shape at ...

    A few months ago I wrote, for this blog, about the months I lived in France when I was a sophomore in college. (See post on October 15, ...