This past weekend Pam and I took our regular late winter field trip to the central Columbia River Gorge. The…
In honor of today being Imbolc, an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrating the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal…
I cannot be absolutely positive that this camel cricket, (family Rhaphidophoridae) which I found under a chunk of bark in…
I found my first specimens of these conifers on a trip to Mt. Hood last October, but it took a…
I love purple shore crabs! I never get tired of watching their sideways scuttle among cobblestones of the intertidal zone,…
Thanks to a tip from Caroline Skinner, a regular reader of these profiles, I was able to find my first…
It’s really obvious how much my life has changed during my 13 years of sobriety when I say that the…
The 16th installment in my attempt to profile the conifers of the PNW highlights Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). This primarily coastal denizen,…
It has been a busy couple weeks for yours truly! In addition to the holiday festivities, my nbo Morgan recently…
There were many moments of discovery on my trip to sw Oregon, many moments of joy and wonder, many ‘Yeehaw!’…