This is the first time I have been able to communicate since the hurricane hit Thursday night. The situation here is catastrophic. The hurri...

The EU enacted a law intended to prevent members from buying all kinds of products without first requiring overseas suppliers to prove they ...

I’m sitting at an airport bar in Dallas, waiting for a flight that will carry me to the outer bands of this hurricane. My fire/rescue distri...

One of the best things about Jackson Hole is the national wildlife art museum. I highly recommend it if you’re ever out there. 

Thank you again for the kind invitation. It turns out that my mother, my sister, and my wife fully planned my weekend for me, and I had no l...

This is the kind of immunity people should be worried about.

Today we visited the extremely scenic town of Dubois, Wyoming. It is located on the western edge of Wyoming’s badlands, so that if you ascen...

I had hoped to post some nice photos for you today, as a complement to Grim's travel pics. However, apparently reserving a rental car in...

Regular commenter Thos. and I met for lunch the last time I was out this way, and he suggested that I go to Mesa Falls. I didn’t have time l...

In my old firm, adding my colleagues' identity as lawyers to their predominantly being Jews and New Yorkers meant a triple whammy for th...

A friend's grandson was just born perilously early, at only 20-21 weeks, as they believed. When early labor commenced a couple of weeks ...

This year I stuck to the ridges instead of the lush canyons , and consequently saw little wildlife but vast landscapes. 

Mom is chaperoning a trip to the Grand Tetons National Park for my niece’s school tomorrow. As a reward, the children of families who chaper...

We spent the morning in the northern section of the park, crossing Dunraven Pass a little after noon. 

Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, from Artist’s Point.

I've just thoroughly enjoyed a 2018 book by an author new to me, " Against the Grain " by James C. Scott. The author challenge...

Two of the three businesses are bars. 

On the long flight out here, I had time to watch Dune Part II . It’s different from the book in a number of conceptual respects. Most of the...

I really enjoyed this hike last year, and this year my wife was able to come along. It was a beautiful day and a fine hike — praise the day ...

The elk antler arches now stand at all four corners of the Jackson city square. A brass plaque explains that the antlers are collected after...