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Oct 18, 2025
The Falling of Small Stones
The increasing cruelty, illegality, and moral bankruptcy of authoritarianism in our country and abroad has seemed insurmountable as of late. I’m learning to be content with small but meaningful acts of resistance.
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Sep 13, 2025
Photos: “Bachelor” elk and trailkeeping
Photos from an unusual elk sighting in my neighborhood and work on a trail I’ve been visiting for well over a decade
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Sep 7, 2025
How to be alone in the woods: a walk to Plaza Lake
I’ve been asked why I haven’t hiked many of the most popular trails on Mt. Hood in the 25 years I’ve lived in Oregon. The question contains its own answer: popular means crowded.
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Sep 1, 2025
Nasty Rock…but not Not Nasty Rock
I’ve been doing trail work just about every weekend for a couple months, so on this long weekend I decided to get out for hike on an unmarked and unmaintained trail to the source of the Molalla River.
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Jul 21, 2025
Trailkeepers event: Hidden Lake
I attended my third trail party with Trailkeepers of Oregon yesterday. It was a cool summer day on beautiful mountain trail.
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Jun 22, 2025
Back to volunteering
After leaving the search and rescue team a few months ago, I decided it was time to get back into volunteer work. Today I volunteered with Trailkeepers of Oregon.
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Jun 6, 2025
June snow and other adventures
Teddy and I continue to take advantage of unplanned unemployment.
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May 27, 2025
Looking out (cherish what survives: part 2)
I have some extra time right now, so I made a return visit to a fire lookout that miraculously survived a massive wildfire.
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Apr 27, 2025
Big changes have come for me
Time has run out on an important phase of my life.
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Dec 27, 2024
The 10 best books I read in 2024
For the six year in a row, I’m sharing my 10 favorite books I read (or listened to) this year.