Twenty-six years old and it’s over. A hiker in Glacier National Park in Montana is dead after supposedly “following all protocols” to avoid a fatal bear attack, including emptying an entire can of bear-repellent spray before succumbing to the wild animal. As a human reflex, my heart always goes out to people when I hearContinue reading “Empty Thoughts”
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Bewitched
It is the only explanation I have for it. It was a cool morning in the San Francisco Peaks, north of Flagstaff and south of the Grand Canyon, and I was headed to the white Aspen trees where I planned to camp for a few days and eat some pharmaceutical LSD. My unpaid assistant, theContinue reading “Bewitched”
Feels Like
I still don’t get it. I turn on the weather and the map of the US shows two numbers on the mostly blue outline of the country. The weatherman points and offers “It is 20 degrees in Minneapolis, but it feels like it is 5 degrees.” What the hell is that? First of all, ifContinue reading “Feels Like”
Chilling on a Hike
There was a time, back in the day, when you could drive your car or truck (SUV’s weren’t invented yet), all the way up to the very end of Sabino Canyon down in Tucson. I went up to Reddington Pass one afternoon with a girl to whom I was pitching woo. We took a caseContinue reading “Chilling on a Hike”
