Category Archives: the land

And in a welcome miracle, Sisar Creek is running with real power again. We haven’t had the kind of downpours that can move boulders, but if we get another five or ten inches, that might be possible too. Nearly sixteen inches of rain so far this year (compared to just over one inch last yearContinue reading “Sisar Creek — New All Over Again”

Nearly everyone writes haiku these days, and that’s probably a good thing. In his last book, Bob Woodward extensively quoted an intelligence officer in Iraq, who wrote brilliant haiku about the events of the day, including the all-time jerk Donald Rumsfeld, who (to put it bluntly) covered himself in shit from day one. However, it’sContinue reading “Your Morning Haiku”

Okay, nobody else cares, but when the water table is falling, when our local stream hasn’t run in a year and a half, when the land is so dry mountain lions are creeping close to the road to drink…it’s worth a pic.

Ahhhhhh…..says Ventura County. More, please. And thank you…

Great news from Iowa: the most electable of Democrats won the first primary. Nearly six months ago we saw Obama speak, and his advance man said that he was fully competitive with any candidate among voters who heard him speak. Point proven. Plus, the most electable of Republicans, John McCain, says it would be "fineContinue reading “Great News”

Frankly, I’ve seen better years…not sad to see the sun set on this one.

From Klaus Wolter. It’s experimental, but well-informed.

This past weekend, the first of December, was Tree Dressing Day in England — a new holiday designed to encourage awareness of trees, their local nature, their long lives, and of course their beauty. This idea comes from a particularly impressive and innovative environmental group in England launched many years ago by two women, calledContinue reading “Tree Dressing Day”

Don’t know if I’ll ever get to see this part of the world, but I love seeing pictures of it. There is no blue quite like the blue of deep ice. Courtesy of the Guardian, here’s a nice selection of photographs from a new book called "Antarctica: Exploring a Fragile Eden," by Angela and JonathanContinue reading “Sunday Morning on the Planet: Antarctica”

Thanks to Windwalker, a remarkable Sierra photographer, for the picture: