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Last week at the movies vol. 4 
Clayton’s Peak 
From the Archives : hiking in Sedona’s vortex in 2018 
From the Archives : Creating interactive Art at Minnesota’s Walker Center in 2017 
My Thanksgiving 2018
5 a.m. is dark almost everywhere, but especially so in the mountains of Southern Utah. It's where I find myself...
Chief Mountain
As the saying goes, I got a little too into the rum the night before. Although it was beer instead...
Filoli
Through the California countryside of rolling hills we travel, about twenty five miles south of San Francisco. Our destination is...
back to Canyon Lake
August can be especially brutal in Arizona, but if you are willing to get outside early enough, you'll find somewhat...
Utah Utes in San Fran
It's early on the Saturday of the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. I'm sitting in my brother's basement, sipping coffee and writing...
Manzanita Lake
Sometimes life can be as clear as a mountain lake on a summer morning. Perfect reflections of your state of...
Searching for the Sauvie Island lighthouse
Somewhere on this special island is a lighthouse, a beacon to those trying to find their way home. I too...
Redding
I come down from Lassen Peak, high on adrenaline and weak from hunger. I'm equal parts satisfied and exhausted. Time...
Lassen
I park the rental car in the empty parking lot, and take in my first real view of Lassen National...
Ramona Falls
It's a blue bird Sunday morning in Oregon, majestic Mount Hood is watching over all that make their way into...
Sauvie Island farm life
A friend of mine shares her tale of a weekend at Sauvie Island, going to the different farmers markets and...
Saddle Mountain
Far over the Misty Mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must away, ere break of day, To...