There are so many ways to love whiskey. For the most part, we do not
discriminate about where the whiskey comes from (though we are wary of the
Indiana whiskey, primarily on principle)
Gin! It’s made from juniper berries! No other plant is more iconic to the West
than the juniper bush (except possibly the tumbleweed). From the deserts to the
mountains its twisted, bushy,
A few weeks ago, before we moved to our house on the edge of the forest, and one of the last times I pulled into the Maston trailhead parking lot in the dark, I was not surprised to be the only car.
Friends! It seems like forever, but it has been a tumultuous time. RK and I have been finding our way in Central Oregon, which has a different kind of pace, style, and energy than we are used to.
As a wave of Giant House Spiders migrates across our tiny house, the ever-present marmots have gone missing, and wildfire smoke chokes the mountains and rivers, it’s easy to think that we are all royally screwed.