Earth quakes are just a part of life in Southern California. When you are a four month old kitten and you are chilling in the sunshine on a second story porch they are kind of terrifying. To be fair I also thought the porch was going to break off the fucking house. I have …
One of the hardest things in life is letting go of a friendship. It consumes your thoughts. You think of the good times, the hikes through mountain forests and to shear granite peaks and you remember the inside jokes and how you hated him as he pushed …
You know you are an inventive cook when you can make a gourmet meal out of nothing. The boys I’m hiking Mt Whitney with are hours behind me ( I hope!) on the trail still. I got back something like three hours before them and that is with taking long and frequent …
The only sound I can hear is the cicadas in the trees, the river crashing through a canyon far off and the fish jumping. Obviously the fish are jumping because I forgot my back packing fishing pole. I’m trying not to be to upset about all the hungry, tasty trout every where, …
Years ago my friends and I took their Doberman hiking on a super hot day down a dusty trail. Money girl, their dog kept stopping on the trail and whimpering and staring at us with big sad eyes and it took us a few miles to figure out what was wrong. Her …