I have been brainstorming some goals for this summer. After lots of thought, I came up with this list of priorities: Be around people often Create a mix of fun stuff and volunteer work Stay in the Northwest area. There is so much to see here, and I made a commitment to lower my carbon…
I lived in Wyoming for a nearly a decade and then spent 2 winters in North Dakota before I retired. I had my share of blizzards, wind storms, and minus 50 wind chills, so I feel empathy for those people in the current cold snap. Being outdoors in such extreme temperatures is interesting for a short…
It was not short and sweet, just short. That happens, especially when you did not know someone long enough to make an a good decision. That is how it was for me and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I was deeply smitten. I felt like she was the perfect balance to Trump. I hoped that, between his extremism…
Have I written here about my disdain for evangelical Christians? My disgust rose to a higher level after the Presidential election. Evangelicals liked Trumps’ racist, sexist, and homophobic values so they decided that he must be a Christian. They came out in support of him, knowing he would repay them with conservative judges on the…
Since Christmas, the air and water temps have been too cold for kayaking. I miss being on the water, but that will change starting March 1. John Wayne Marina sits right on Sequim Bay, just outside of town. When I was out exploring a few months ago, I discovered an RV Park right across the…
All is well on the Olympic Peninsula! Winter is still mild compared to the rest of Washington, and Tango and I have done some exploring. The Olympic Mountains to the south are snow-covered, so I am only exploring the coast at the moment. Most recently, we went van camping a bit further west, along the…
I learned about so many innovations over at Smithsonian Magazine in the article, How Taiwan Has Achieved One of the Highest Recycling Rates in the World. “Stories like this one give me so much hope. What could be better than using post-consumer waste, like aluminum cans, shoe soles, and cigarette butts into building materials?! So much…
I remember when I first learned about the concept of yin and yang. I was in college, in the 70s. I was a spiritual seeker even back then and first read about it in a comparative religions class. You can read a brief description of Yin-Yang here, and a formal definition at Wikipedia. What embedded most in…
A friend called me for advice about a road trip (on a motorcycle) to and through our public lands – National Parks, Forests, and Monuments. He is based in Deming, NM and wants to travel north, through the western states. He wanted to know some of my favorite back roads and also about how to take…