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Oct 211 min read
Indian, Shy Bear, and Quarry | Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Abundant ferns and moss glisten with yesterday’s rain. Banana slugs drag slime across flats of mud. The mid-morning sun peeks between...
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Oct 21 min read
West Tiger & Nook Trail, Issaquah
We start the hike cold: cold ears and cold arms and we walk in the shade and I stuff my fingers in my pockets and I think about mom like...
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May 43 min read
Bronco Trail
The road to Bronco Trail is mostly paved except for the last couple of miles, when I dodge occasional potholes on packed gravel. My...
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May 23 min read
Fremont Saddle, Superstition Mountains
On Wednesday, my first official day off from work, I head back to the Superstition Mountains, a place I haven't been since 2022, when...
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Apr 305 min read
Tom's Thumb trail
I start the Sonoran desert hike just before 9 am, the rocky peaks of the McDowell mountains a crisp outline against the cloudless blue....
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Nov 19, 202312 min read
Switzerland & France
THE HIKES Gantrisch Nature Park, Nunenenberg Leiterepass Schwalmere: The hike started out in cold fog that shrouded two mountain peaks;...
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Jul 5, 20236 min read
Monday-Tuesday
Monday I decided I wanted to try to get into a doctor Monday morning (before Doug and I took our road trip outside of the main city)...
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Jun 16, 20237 min read
the last days
The rest of Sunday was lovely; we went to the Selfoss community center, which was swarming with kids and pale-skinned Icelanders...
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Jun 11, 20234 min read
The weekend, so far
The robo-vaccum is sweeping; Ivar's chatting in Icelandic in the laundry room, folding clothes. Lucy's laying on the ground next to my...
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Jun 9, 20237 min read
Being here
It's nearing midnight and I'm sitting in the quiet kitchen, jazz on my laptop, water cascading off the roof; I can see boughs of trees...
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Oct 23, 20224 min read
Penobscot Mtn, Acadia Nat'l Park
The hike to the summit takes some time because it's so impossibly beautiful we have to stop and stay awhile.
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Apr 11, 20223 min read
Flatiron, Superstition Mountains
I took the day off work to get up early, which is something I rarely do. Doug pulled up around 7:45 am and we headed East again to the...
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Mar 27, 20226 min read
Massacre Falls & Payson, AZ
Outside there's a grey sky and intense desert breeze, bringing in the only rain of spring. The darkness feels luxurious in a place that...
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Sep 17, 20214 min read
Heimaklettur, Westman Islands (Iceland)
The islands were tall and green, wind-swept with sheep but industry, too. When the ladders ended, a grassy hiking path lay before me.
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Apr 25, 20216 min read
Friday: Arches Nat'l Park
Friday I waited nearly an hour at the entrance of Arches National Park, snacking on Ruffle chips and a banana and envying the Bronco next...
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Apr 23, 20218 min read
Wed-Thurs: Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef
I'd caught the end of a geology talk, where the park ranger held up time-stamped photos of the bewitching tall spires.
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Apr 20, 20216 min read
Tuesday: Biking/hiking Zion Nat'l Park
Tuesday On a recommendation from a coworker the week earlier, I arrived at Zion Cycles in Springdale just after 8:30 am. Both the man and...
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Apr 20, 20217 min read
Sun-Mon: Phx to Zion Nat'l Park
Sunday I donned my red plastic sunglasses, snake-maus bandana and breezy long dress and missed sixth gear on Dad's Honda Accord. With the...
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Apr 26, 20208 min read
Snow & Shade
Now I wanted the red-rock-warmth, the open sky and land, the cacti and the sun. I wanted an inviting land, because I felt shaken and cold.
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