May 2Life Reflected, in the Post Surf Parking LotI had just finished surfing alone, again. It had become my normal routine since most of my friends had moved away and had gotten too busy with family and work to link up with me when I had days off. That, and the fact that my number of surf friends…Surfing7 min readSurfing7 min read
Apr 27Fox ScatSometimes knowing too much can take you places that you never intended to go. Us Park Rangers, we like knowing things, and we’re an eclectic group. All of us are loaded with fun, interesting, and sometimes gross little facts about snakes, gall wasps, owl pellets, fox scat, sick bats… I…Bats6 min readBats6 min read
Apr 24Pumpkins and PoppiesHalloween in Spring? Could you imagine it? Poppies blooming along the roadside, the hills alive with green, the air moist and fresh, and the houses doused in spider webs, the kids in costume begging for treats. This couldn’t be California, or really anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere for that matter…Climate4 min readClimate4 min read
Apr 12Climbing up the Point, and Staying True to a LifestyleI want to tell you a story about surfing, but not the typical story you may be thinking of. …Adventure10 min readAdventure10 min read
Apr 4Barry LopezI had written about Lopez’s passing when he abruptly left us a couple of years ago, but I just read a poignant remembrance of him done by Robert Macfarlane in Orion Magazine that made me revisit his legacy and his works. Barry Lopez succumbed to prostate cancer on December 25th…7 min read7 min read
Mar 30Muddy Boots and Pig HuntsAfter just arriving home from the hospital with our newborn son, I started to reflect on being a father of not just one, but two boys now. Our first son, Mikel, has Down Syndrome and, due to some complications after birth, he had to stay in the NICU at the…Outdoors6 min readOutdoors6 min read
Mar 23Taking a Walk, and Taking a Trip Outside of TimeTo those keepers of the traditional ways, who guard the plant people world closely, and with great respect to all the first nations of the Americas and beyond. Chamanismo, Visions Outside of Time, is the current temporary exhibit now on view at the Museo Precolombino in Santiago de Chile, and…Ethnobotany10 min readEthnobotany10 min read
Apr 8, 2022Tropic of CapricornWhat has living along the line of the Tropic of Capricorn done to me, or changed in me thus far? Hard to say as of now. Due to the pandemic…Tropic Of Capricorn3 min readTropic Of Capricorn3 min read
Apr 8, 2022Peter BeardPeter Beard past away last year in April. He had been missing and had suffered from dementia, after an extensive search his body was found in the woods near his house 19 days after he disappeared. “He died where he lived: in nature”, his family said, a place he knew…Peter Beard5 min readPeter Beard5 min read
Aug 27, 2021Traveling to COVID HotspotsWe’re getting ready to embark on a risky venture. My wife and I and our one year old son, we’re about to get on a plane and take an international flight. This of course always holds a little trepidation and risk, I know flying in these times is extremely safe…3 min read3 min read
