
All Lined Up
The sun took its time on the rise that day. The pilot was saying, "Thirty years I been doing this and I don't think I've ever seen that...

Disorder, be Dammed!
We are humane creatures in a highly modified environment with all the social, physical, and mental lags in adaptions that precipitate...

Pocket Rocks: Lily
My family are rock pickers. Mom's a century farm kid, Stearns County, “the land of rocks & cows" where fields sprout rocks before they...

Prep-Up With a Printable Summer Bird Chart
In anticipation of the upcoming Christmas Bird Count (19 December 2021), I brought you some essential resources to get you out and...

You're as Rich as You Feel
One month from tonight we will embark on a 20-hour drive from Spokane, WA, to Duluth, MN. I imagine it will be much like a reversion of...

Rockhounder's Hercules Parody
This was going to be a post where you see a line-up of photos taken amid rockhound adventures, but that told a story and weren't included...

Hummingbirds Never Hop
Hummingbirds only use their legs and feet to perch. It's an ornithological fact. You will never see a hummingbird walk between spots,...

Signet Ring Complete!
Here it is, at long last Product of two month's craftsmanship Forged in sterling silver Enthroned on a backdrop of Washington blue jade...

Concept, Cast, Carve: Making an Heirloom
Quick! Before the virus gets you (or, more likely, a class war breaks out and we all go for the pitchforks)! Go to...