Maine in Summer
Traveling along the coast of Maine. See you next week -
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Letter to a Young Avalanche Forecaster
Letter to a Young Avalanche Forecaster0:00/247.4453331× (thanks to Tom Kimbrough, Janet Kellam, and Heather Thamm) First, I want you to know that your job is more important and the role that you play in your community is more significant than you might imagine. In our line of
Fall Break
We're in Vancouver enroute Whistler for the International Snow Science Workshop. Of note, Orion featured prominently in the southern sky on the Equinox. Winter is coming. See you next week - Drew
Through Thin Ice
I must have been reading Shakespeare (Aeschylus?) when I first came across the term Deus Ex Machina. Loosely translated from the Latin, it means God Out of the Machine. It refers to a plot twist at the end of a play where the hero is saved against impossible odds. I
My Father's Face
Writing last week about Wendell Berry and my father kicked in some good memories growing up. You’ll have to bear with me. I’ll be back to the standard fare next week. Even though my relatives would tell me that my father was proud of me, I knew the