“We write to taste life twice: in the moment and in retrospect.” – Anais Nin
I had always thought of the Atacama Desert as a mystical and remote place. This strange corner of the Earth attracts many superlatives. It may have been a desert for 200 million years – almost half the period that animal
The first thing that came to my mind when the Blue Jays lost in Game 7 of the Word Series in November was the last line of the 1888 poem “Casey at the Bat.” Oh, somewhere in this favored land
I’d had two great days of climbing. The day before was on Daddy’s Day Out on Delta Peak across the highway from Nakisha Ski Resort. Rated a 10c but the most pitches were 5.8 or less. I “French Free’d” the
I am writing this at the request of a friend who insisted it would be of interest. Really? Well here goes. In high school, I had a wonderful science teacher who explained heat transfers to us. To illustrate, he said
Mt Robson is the highest mountain in the southern Canadian Rockies. It is a highly prominent peak, and while not particularly high at just under 13,000 feet it is a metaphor for the Canadian Rockies – it appears to be
Last summer, a series of fortunate circumstances brought a sky blue Maserati Coupe under my sphere of influence. It was mine for the summer to drive as I pleased. The exotic and storied visitor from overseas car arrived on sunny
