Spring Trip to the Pacific Crest
Ray Mears did a wonderful BBC documentary in his Northern Wilderness series on David Thompson. David Thompson was an employee[…]
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Food webs and complexity
I came across a pretty exciting news story. It seems that scientists have found a measure of food web stability[…]
Read moreFlow and Excellence
Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t. — Jerry Rice (Wide Receiver[…]
Read moreNietzsche and the Death of God
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle[…]
Read moreClouds, and Texture
This week saw a series of thunderstorms pass over eastern Oregon. They get some fantastically powerful lightning events this time[…]
Read moreThe Return of the Mammoth Steppe
An NBC news story caught my eye this week. It seems some Russians have moved beyond the planning stage and[…]
Read moreIn Defense of “the Right” Stuff
Your clothes make a statement, as do the objects you surround yourself with when engaging in living history or reenactment-[…]
Read moreGenerational Accomplishments
I was invited to participate in an interview at the museum where my wife is working. In this session, a[…]
Read moreWilderness Canoe Trip
Periodically I am overcome by a desire to take my canoe out on a wilderness trip. If I remember correctly[…]
Read moreMonarchs and Milkweed
Here in southwest Washington we are on the migration route of the western population of the Monarch butterfly. Our Monarchs[…]
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