Like everything else in literature, I appreciate unreliable narrators--when done well. I appreciate first-person and third-person POV--when done well. I appreciate present and past tense--when done well. I appreciate both character and plot driven narratives--when done well, etc...
“Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?” —Aldo Leopold
Little Tahoma Peak from high on Mount Rainier. Little Tahoma is the major satellite peak of Mount Rainier).
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” —Henry David Thoreau
"A war that cannot define its own purpose cannot be won."
Which perspective do you prefer for the same snag: the close-up or the broader view?
And while he's at it, why not bring back Kodachrome? "[It] gives us those nice bright colors. Gives us the greens of summer. Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah..."
If you like mountain goats, then perhaps I will share another of my photos...
I like mountain goats, although they aren't a true goat. They are more closely related to the European chamois and the other goat-antelope species in the Himalayas.
I wasn't the one who posted the photo, but the mountain is Mt. Rainier & Little Tahoma Peak (in Mount Rainier National Park), and by the look of it, the photo was taken near the "Sunrise" area, on the mountain's NE side. I posted a couple of my photos from that area for area comparison.
As a retired educator, my experience was that public education declined at the same rate as standardized testing and tech increased.
Coming this spring--David Ek's new mystery novel set in Bisbee, Arizona. "Bisbee and the Haunted (Psycho-Mystery 27 on Acid)." Look, and it will find you....
“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.” —Henry David Thoreau (“Walking, Atlantic Monthly" June 1862)
WELP
fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...
What a coincidence. Just moments before, I listened to two The Guess Who albums [Wheatfield Soul (69) and Share the Land (70)]. I hadn't listened to them in a long time, but I really like The Guess Who.
What??
“I represent what is left of a vanishing race, and that is the pedestrian. That I am still able to be here, I owe to a keen eye and a nimble pair of legs. But I know they’ll get me someday.” —Will Rogers
In a tiny #Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out: State officials are scrambling to help #Hartman, a town of 30 near the #Kansas border -- The #Denver Post coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/12/i...
Don't forget also creating more hardline hatred towards Americans.
“Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility.” —Aldo Leopold (in: A Sand County Almanac, 1949)
Lizard People: Death Valley Underground by David Ek.
“This is a strange and fascinating dive into the desert’s mysteries, where conspiracy, survival, and human frailty collide.”
Get your copy today (or tomorrow--or better yet, both)
Central Arizona Project: Letter to Secretary Burgum about the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Post-2026 Operational Guidelines and Strategies for #LakePowell and #LakeMead -- Terry Goddard and Brenda Burman #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/03/04/c...
“It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, than we can sit down and work out our differences”. —Harry S. Truman
When Rivers Can’t Bounce Back: What Water Bankruptcy Means for #Colorado’s Rivers -- Josh Boissevain (Colorado Water Trust) coyotegulch.blog/2026/02/25/w...
“It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I agree. The drama-filled spectacle one expects from a reality show host is not the same attributes I look for in an effective government leader--especially the president. When the attention is placed on public needs, a true leader's visibility often fades into the background.
The secret of #genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
-- Aldous Huxley
I love this photo of Yosemite's Half Dome. I took it from North Dome.
“Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.” ― Edward Abbey
