North Fork of the American River

[written January 15, 2007] This morning I received a call from Steve Hunter of Colfax, an active man with a penetrating and curious mind, wh...

[written January 5, 2007] ***Curiosities Bearing Upon the History of Gold Run*** "At twilight, in the placer-scarred bed of Canyon Cree...

[written January 2, 2007] Happy new year, 2007 should be a good one! The other day I approached my teenage son with an excellent idea: ...

[written December 6, 2006] The rarest glacial erratics are to the west, away from the high country, away from any obvious evidence of glacia...

[written November 15, 2006] What a glorious season! Indian Summer grading into the storms of winter. The Black Oaks, Bigleaf Maples, Pacific...

Yesterday I met Todd Leonard, Senior Scientist of SECOR International, Inc., at the Dutch Flat exit on I-80. Todd had contacted me a few wee...

Car troubles have kept me at home in recent weeks, where I have been much devoted to my guitar, learning the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim; ...