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Homemade Bitter-infused Sugar Cubes - recipe below

Let's Celebrate!

7 years ago 3 min read Cocktails champagne deer leg dogs shoulder surgery spring

Here is a sparkly cocktail that is perfect for spring, for change, and our lucky, lucky lives.

Emma the dog stalking something in the snow.

Bend, Don’t Break

7 years ago 3 min read dogs mud rain snot trails winter Stories About the West

I am three weeks into a head cold that just won’t quit. I am well enough to go to work but, as I told my co-worker, I feel like half of my energy is going towards snot production.

Wintering

7 years ago 2 min read Things To Do Outside dogs dust ice trail running trails winter

I am being reminded of the challenges of winter running. Glare ice under a thin layer of snow fluff that requires a short stride and careful steps. Snow packed into dirt, filling in the texture and making for slick descents.

Things these days

7 years ago 2 min read Stories About the West dogs friends politics solitude trails

I don’t think I know anyone who isn’t see-sawing between despair, rage, frustration, and helplessness these days. On all things political, environmental, and social, it really is a heaping pile of bad news.

Texture of an ancient tree at Bristlecone Pine National Monument

Opposite Thanksgiving

7 years ago 3 min read Stories About the West adventure ancient bristlecone pine forest california camping dogs great basin nevada silence solitude

If you are looking for solitude during Thanksgiving, let me recommend Great Basin National Park. We used it as a halfway point on our drive from SLC to Bishop, CA.