Mono Lake

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The black stuff on the shoreline is not algae or seaweed. It’s masses of alkali flies. When you walk near them clouds of them rise. Luckily they’re not biting flies and don’t show the least bit interest in humans.

Green rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus–I think.

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Yosemite: Half Dome Hike

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

The journey, not the destination.

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San Francisco: Fort Point

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

“Holding doors will open every way…”

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Sierraville, California

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Happily, none of us are weighed down by that sense of modesty that seems peculiar to many Americans.

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Truckee, California

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

postcard: Truckee
Postcard: Main Street, Truckee
Adventures in Truckee: Joys of “Coffee And”…the Rocking Stone…candied apples.

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Loyalton, California

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Children raised by a village.

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The surface and beneath the surface