Y’know. Sometimes you’re told not to do something. That it won’t work. And you do it anyway. And it doesn’t work. But something kind of wonderful comes out of it anyway. I took these pictures of stars with my point-and-shoot and without a tripod (OBVIOUSLY). They …
I just got back from my last trip of the summer. From this summer-of-many-trips I’ve decided that traveling is one-half joy of new places and one-half joy of coming home. Lake Michigan is lovely if you ever have the chance to explore it: School starts next …
Last weekend some friends and I floated the Smith River in central Montana. Here are a few pictures of the adventure. It was a lovely, lovely way to celebrate the end of the semester and mark the beginning of summer! Any early summer trips in your …
I set off this evening to take the dogs and myself for a romp and came across this: I had left the house without a camera so I called my fella and he hopped in his truck with his camera and took these beauties. At one …
This summer, while visiting my family in Seattle, my uncle gave me a gorgeous King salmon filet from a fish he had caught the day before. This was on the third day of my trip home and I’d already eaten salmon twice, so we decided to …
My fella leaves in a few weeks for his work on the coast, so we are packing in all the adventures we can. This last weekend we went into the woods. Actually, we went up a valley, into the woods, up and over a mountain: Down …
We’re heading north this weekend for the Red Ants Pants Music Festival and while it is getting easier and easier to find gluten-free food out into the world, when I travel I like to be prepared. I’ve gotten stuck, hungry and cranky, with gas station string cheese …
Every year I envy my dogs drinking the spring runoff . Bright, cold water that I imagine tastes like pine and soil and growth. Like spring. They look at me smiling through the shafts of sunlight, water dripping from their chin. Monday morning we went up …
Happy First Day of SUMMER! It actually feels like summer FINALLY, with sunshine and blue skies as far as the eye can see. We are celebrating the change of seasons with a spontaneous camping trip along a river — the first camping trip of the year! …
How about a weekend of great music, great food and new friends in central Montana?! My friend Sarah of Red Ants Pants has outdone herself with this one! Mark your calendars — the weekend kicks off Friday night with a free street dance in White Sulphur …