The Fragile Season
If you had asked me, when I woke up this morning, how I expected to spend my day, I probably would have had a pretty laid back list: bike into […]
A Homecoming of Sorts
It was 25 years ago on a rainy April 1st in Seattle that Devon and I took ownership of N33395, a 1946 Commonwealth Skyranger. We were just dating at the […]
Listen to Me!
Or rather, hey – you can listen to me getting interviewed about Eight in Three Weeks on KPTZ by Cris Wilson. Personally, I cringe whenever I hear my recorded voice, […]
Elwha River Detour
I was about knee deep, four steps into cold, silty and swift-flowing waters of the Elwha River, when something unexpectedly grabbed me out of nowhere: a single moment of undiluted clarity that This Was a Very Bad Idea.
A Sure, Good Thing
It hailed the morning we planted chestnuts, too. That was almost a year ago, to the day, in the lee of our first winter with the farm. Logan had proposed […]
Another Improbable Quest
It must have been this past December that I was camped out in my favorite corner of Coupa Cafe (Yes, I know. Cafe Zoe is my favorite writing place, but […]
The Good Life
Most of you know that I’ve spent the better part of January up and around the farm. It’s been an experiment in seeing whether I’m more effective pushing things ahead […]
