Some days you’re the helmet, some days you’re the bug

I’ve been remiss on submitting reports, but that’s largely because nothing of any import happened and no good stories came of the trips.  Went fishing with Jeremy, who moved up from Cali a few weeks ago.  It was his first…

One door closes and several more open.

A few things converged for me this week and this image really culminates the whole thing.

For some folks, sailing is like unto a religious experience.

“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.”
Kurt Vonnegut

Destination: Goose Lake for some float tube flyfishing for trout with 1HotTraumaMama from Ifish.

The alarm clock went off at 5am and I lurched out of bed thinking, “I’m in no kind of shape to get on my bike.”  I had a…

For this week’s class, Jennifer and Eric had apparently just flown back into town and were too tired to attend class.  Bruce was there though and it turns out  that last week he had a dead battery that had prevented…

Drew turned me on to the Gresham Butte Saddle Trail, gem of nature not far from downtown Gresham.

It reminds me a lot of Forest Park in that it’s very nearby as evidenced by the sounds of traffic filtering in through the…

Last summer I decided to build myself a water feature of some kind for the back yard.  I’ve got a few birds that visit the yard and thought that by having a water feature I might attract a few more…