With faith and patience, purgatories end. I have passed through the fire and noise, and returned at last to the peace and coolth of my mount...

Last night I was supposed to transfer in Atlanta to a midnight flight to Asheville, the last of the night. Our flight arrived about five min...

A few last images of the Big Hole Mountains and the distant Teton Range from later on today once I got up high. 

Dad29 sends this imagination of what Socrates might say about current events. 

My work on the county committee to look into our animal shelter's critical overcrowding is going well. We've reduced the shelter...

This is my last full day out West; by this time tomorrow I’ll be headed home. So, I took the day off to do one more hike. I decided to hike ...

I went to see my niece get awarded a stripe for her belt in jujitsu, and while I was there I’m afraid I hurt her instructor’s pride.  I didn...

Traveled out west myself for a bit, somewhat south of Grim. Some fellow travelers

Tonight we were invited to a party by my mother’s friends, and they put out a good table. Yesterday I made braised moose again — wine rather...

From left, Mt. Owen, the Grand Teton, the Middle Teton, and South Teton. Below, the Jedediah Smith Wilderness. 

Of all the hikes I have taken, this destination looks and feels most like it belongs in Arthurian myth. 

A bona fide Stetson hat, with fake dirt, $265 new. Flying into Jackson Hole airport (JAC) a week and a half ago, I rode a nearly empty jet w...

 I have long thought the true value of conservatism is it's cultural and philosophical component, as opposed to the various political mo...

First California wanted to force people to quit using gasoline to power their cars. Use the electric grid instead! Then it became apparent...

After a pleasant early dinner with Thos., I took my mother to the horse pull.  The winner, pulling 9,500 pounds for over eight feet, was a l...

Virginian Oliver Anthony came across my twitter feed today, and instantly I'm a fan.  Have a listen and maybe you'll be too. The son...