From the Mountains above the Applegate River

      On May 18 I started out on the East ART trail, my usual memorial hike. (See post on May 21, 2020). The  beautiful East ART is probably...

      One day last week I was asked, by a man who used to live here, what changes I  had seen in my fifty years on this land.     "Not ...

      I heard the planets last week—not the music of the spheres but Holst's famous suite, The Planets , with the Rogue Valley Symphony ...

    In many households, as in mine, the coffee grinder is one of the first noises of the day. But here in my house, it is not a harsh electr...

    When I wasn't able to ski last week, deterred by road conditions, I decided to hike the East ART trail instead. The trail was snow-c...

      My sister Linda, if she were still living, would be 80 years old today. She died five years ago of Lewy body dementia, a terrible illn...

      Oh, how the snow has lingered! We have had rain and warm weather for days, yet it was only two days ago that I was able to drive up th...