BOS to SFO
In the early years of the European conquest of North America, the growth of the marks of their new civilization on this continent grew “organically”. The Native American footpath, the […]
Monthly Archives: June 2013
High Abstractions from the Heartland.
From altitudes that sometimes approach seven miles, jets hurtle across our country. To be privileged to fly in one of these machines gives one of the greatest shows you can […]
California is a Garden of Eden Sextet.
As Woody Guthrie sings, “California is a Garden of Eden.” Castroville’s Garden of Edenishness is artichokes. It was surprising to see a colony of ground squirrels in rocks at the […]
Pinnacles
If you like peak experiences, California has plenty of them. Our peak destination was the “Pinnacles”. We left the Prunederosa Ranch early one morning, picked up a couple of young […]
California Septet
There are still a few Maine posts, lurking in the wings, but California beckoned. Well, it didn’t really beckon, it was planned for months ago. There’s not really time to […]
Olio Sextet Folio
If you make a lot of pictures, there are always images you want to use, but which find themselves tossed back into the main photo folder after a ‘post project. […]
The Gaffney Peachoid It’s Not.
If you’re going “Away” for more than a day, and want to drive to the ferry, one place you can leave your car is at the Tisbury “Park and Ride” […]
Nancy asked, “What are you, a Moosogynist?”.
Why did she ask that question? Because of a “poem” and a picture. Here’s the “poem” I never saw a Purple Moose. I Never hope to see One. But […]
Up Close and Personal with Late May Maine.
One of the pleasures of travel to a new place is that you get to see with “fresh eyes”. That’s what happened on the recent trip to Maine. The was […]
Lichen Maine
The next time you’re in the woods, somewhere in Maine, and you see this particular (enormous) rock, you should take the time to climb up the ridge right behind it. […]
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