On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
From looking at the surface, it’s hard to know how far you might sink down into the slurry of decaying organic matter that makes up the bottom of muskeg puddles if you had the adventure of falling in. Though I am sure it varies from puddle to puddle, earlier this year Connor took advantage of … Read more
On more than one occasion this year, I’ve noticed much greater levels of vole activity than I have seen in previous years. I’ve hiked up Bear Mountain the last 4 years, and this year the vole runs extended much higher, with much more wear than I have noticed in any of the past hikes. I … Read more
Connor and Rowan joined me for a trip up Indian River valley so I could take care of the ibuttons. The ground had frost on it in the muskeg, but the air was calm and the sun was high enough to provide some warmth. I decided to take a break and relax a little before … Read more
Yesterday I got a call about a Sandhill Crane that showed up at the National Cemetery, and since Rowan had not seen one before, she, Connor and I walked over. The crane was gone by the time we got there, but we walked around the nearby muskeg for a little while. On the way home, … Read more
I had heard this year was going to be an El Nino year, which seems to correspond to relatively mild winters in Sitka, so it was interesting to see winter season getting started relatively early this year, with snow beginning to fall last week. In fact, there is an El Nino developing in equatorial Pacific … Read more
