octobre 2012


A Hallowe'en Screed

I am tired of blogging about the fire, and I need to clean my desk — the whole room, in fact. So visit The Mallard of Discontent and read C...

ddd 31 oct., 2012

Blue Ridge Parkway Issues Travel Advisory

Blue Ridge Parkway officials are asking motorist to avoid traveling the Parkway over the next several days, especially those sections in Vir...

ddd 31 oct., 2012

34 Inches of Snow Atop Mt. LeConte!

Allyson Virden, caretaker for the Mt. LeConte Lodge, is reporting on her blog (with some great photos) this morning that the mountain has ...

ddd 31 oct., 2012

The Brins Mesa Trail

During our 3-day visit to the Flagstaff area we made the short drive down to Sedona. Based on a little bit of research I did beforehand, we ...

ddd 31 oct., 2012

Under the Volcano (4): This Time as Farce

The red dot at left is our brush truck. Click to embiggen. Things have been pretty quiet on the Wetmore fire , although the Forest Servic...

ddd 31 oct., 2012

Rocky Fork to become Tennessee’s 55th state park

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau...

ddd 30 oct., 2012

Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) In Autumn Colored Aspen Tree

Beauty is Ever-Present In All Things. A person re-experiences the Beauty that has been Forgotten, When they unregister And cash inwards t...

ddd 30 oct., 2012

Under the Volcano (3): Random Fire Jottings

Residents arrive in a tour van to see ruins of their homes. ( Why I use the term "volcano." ) When M. and I went to Pueblo on a ...

ddd 27 oct., 2012

The Upper Methow Valley From Mazama to the Lost River On October 25th 2012

Pan Out, And the World Comes Rushing In. ~

ddd 26 oct., 2012

Under the Volcano (2): A 'Critical' Mission

Steam rises from a house foundation being hosed down. I am just back from a "critical' mission, driving around putting fliers on ...

ddd 25 oct., 2012

Season's Greetings Brings New Feelings To Life

All Seasons Reach Out To Greet Us, When We Live Our Lives Like A Holiday. ~

ddd 25 oct., 2012

Under the Vocano (1)

Camera Trap Spring is going to look a lot different the next time that I visit. I have "war gamed" this fire in my head a lot ...

ddd 24 oct., 2012

Goat Peak As Seen From The Methow Community Trail System Near Mazama, WA

Allow Your Programmed Lower Self To Slip Up And Fall, To Find The Higher Self Flowing Effortlessly within the Golden Current. ~

ddd 23 oct., 2012

The $1,000 Duck

Cookie the doughty Drahthaar and a duck. Otherwise known as a German wire-haired pointer. I write ths in Valentine, Nebraska, on my way h...

ddd 22 oct., 2012

Double Crested Cormorant Letting Go Of Balast

When You Lighten Your Load Beneath you, You Suddenly Feel As If You Are On Top Of Your World. ~

ddd 21 oct., 2012

Telling the Deer to Cross the Interstate is Irresponsible

Want to hear a talk-radio host with nothing to say? I heard about this episode when I arrived in North Dakota Tuesday. Now it has gone viral...

ddd 19 oct., 2012

Banty Chicken Enjoying The Autumn Splendor of A Raspberry Harvest

Free Will Creates An A-Mazing Obstacle Course In Fruition To One's Destiny. ~

ddd 19 oct., 2012

Weathered Out

I am somewhere on the left side of this green swirl, drinking coffee from the battered metal thermos with the Ducks Unlimited sticker on i...

ddd 18 oct., 2012

Sweet Virginia Breeze

Sweet Virginia Breeze by Robbin Thompson and Steve Bassett Woke up this morning the breeze blowin' cross my face And I just had t...

ddd 18 oct., 2012