On Sucking
The cloud's silver lining is more of an ash gray at this point, but here [...]
When Juices Run Clear
Maybe you heard about our heat wave here in Portland. We were in for a [...]
The Final Days Are Awesome
Science marching on It's amazing how much stuff we know! In my lifetime alone--and do [...]
Bedfellows
I don't know, guys, I don't know. The good and beautiful people of my good [...]
The Spoils
We're Americans. We came, we conquered, we pushed into the endless West by the sweat [...]
Hot Off The Press
June 4th. It's over a hundred degrees in Portland bless-my-liberal-heart Oregon. It's unprecedented, since Calendars. [...]
It Came From Out Of The Sky
Daddy! Come look! There's water falling right out of the sky, just like Grandma said [...]
Hot On Hood
Basically, if at some point on a hike I say "it's just up here around [...]
Resolved: Whatever
West Virginia mountain stream. Finally, there has been some great progress made in the US [...]
The Resolution Solution
It's a new year, and people like to make resolutions, so I'll tell you about [...]
Pikas Down The Pike
Just a warning. I keep a pretty decent pace when I'm hiking up a mountain, [...]
Don’t Slow Down
It's the Iditarod, and the sled dogs are jangly with joy. They yip and twist [...]
You Can Call Me Al
The trouble with roaming around the internet while humming a little tune and not paying [...]
To Burn Brighter
Same perp, same bookcase, 15 years earlier "Parents do their children no favors," my father [...]
Legendary Hotness
Climate science is very complicated. There are reams of data to collect and analyze about [...]