Black Turnstones are fun birds to watch, with their darting ways and debris flipping, hammering at barnacles and prying off…
As I mentioned in ‘Pivoting’, I hadn’t been in a redwood forest since I was a kid, and at that…
I love tidepools! I love the smell of the ocean, the roar of the surf, and the disorientation that comes…
This was not a tree I was familiar with before this trip, although I had heard of it. Still, it…
Finding these beautiful pink millipedes was the primary motivation for visiting the Medford area on my recent adventure, and, as…
Finding these trees was a prime objective of the coastal part of my recent journey. Going by the common names…
I found 3 of these chitons (variously called black Katy chiton, black leather chiton, black chiton, leather chiton, sea prunes,…
The first cool find of the first major expedition of my retirement came at my friends Sue and Michael Palmer’s…
This is the last thing I’ll be posting for the next ten days or so. I’m heading off to s…
To celebrate this being the 500th (499 by me, and one by my beloved nbo Morgan) profile of a group…








