two wheels in CO….grab a buddy and it’s four

Anything about riding a bicycle around and camping is interesting to me. Figuring out that the thrift store fake tree we got has stopped smelling like cat pee is interesting to me, too Probably the cat pee thing is a … Continue reading

1529….and, er….2

I missed a second post out of 1529 somewhat consecutive days of never missing a day of writing this blog….last night. I mean, I missed a day. Of writing. 2 now….2 missed days out of years of writing. Dang. It’s … Continue reading

our big dog….an anniversary story

We have a big dog now…a Great Pyrenees….named Appa. Appa chews everything. We cleaned out a storage shed that we had some stuff in, and found a bunch of old slides and photographs that I’d had for a while….stuff from … Continue reading

billy barr…the snow guardian

This is not political. It’s just a guy measuring snowfall….alone in a cabin in Colorado…filling his days with an activity that proved useful later. I don’t know how Climate Change….or whatever you want to call it….became such a political issue. … Continue reading

“I heard about a guy….”

It’s almost too easy these days. Here’s a lady talking about a 15,000 dollar house. That’s pretty cool. Now, of course, I don’t mean that building a house for fifteen thousand dollars is easy. That’s incredibly hard….but attainable, obviously. What … Continue reading

working dogs

Our dog, Appa, will pull me down an icy slope in the morning when it’s still too dark to see what I’m careening into, down towards the garden where he will spend the day after a long, cold night spent … Continue reading

See the World….episode 7

Here’s another one from Iohan…..See the World episode 7. These, like I’ve said week after week, are great videos….gentle and humorous and beautiful. I don’t think that you can see the world in such detail unless you’re traveling in a … Continue reading