Day ten of being basically self-isolated and I feel like this cat. This feline was rescued from the streets of Mexico two years ago and forced to live a life indoors away from the sights and sounds and mice and birds of the outdoor world. Sometimes when I sit outside in our backyard, I bring …
Give me life, liberty and toilet paper; As an American, in this post-COVID-19 obsessed world, that’s all I really want right now. It appears we now live in a world chock full paranoia over COVID-19. People are just nuts. In our mountain resort town, yesterday our ski resorts closed, a month early for the ski …
“But did you die?” Thanks to a run-in with one hell of an asshole coyote this evening, the short answer to that question is no, my rescue pup did not die today. We did have one hell of a adventure during our shenanigans in the national forest today. Here Carly is during happier times, at …
I loved Santa Anita Park from the first time I walked into her art-deco green grandstand. I was twelve years old and though I couldn’t place my own bets, my grandmother was happy to place them for me. With a wink, she told the tellers that she was too senile to remember who to bet …
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. ~John Muir I don’t think naturalist John Muir ever could have imagined a world full of smartphones or smart pandemic viruses like COVID-19. But he had the right idea. In trying times where stress is out of control, having …