The Heart of the Desert
Years ago, Edward Abbey concluded that the desert had no heart. I wonder if he just didn't look upstream.
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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
Postcard from the Tetons
When things play out - sometimes seemingly against all odds - it can give us the feeling that all is right with the world. …and Don’t Forget to Write….. If you’ve written to me the last couple of years and I haven’t written back, it’s because of a