Where 0°F Feels Like Summer
For the first time in days, I watched solid water melt into liquid in the open air. I’d only witnessed the reverse process since we’d started mushing three days before. […]
For the first time in days, I watched solid water melt into liquid in the open air. I’d only witnessed the reverse process since we’d started mushing three days before. […]
Many extreme adventures require intricate planning, pre-dawn starts, and an outrageous amount of what adventure blogger Brendan Leonard calls “The Stoke.” Leonard explains, “People who have The Stoke do not […]
January 2, 2013 My work day started fourteen hours ago. In some respects, it still continues. In others, it ended a mere twelve hours after it started. Thus is the […]
December 7th, 2012: The glittering blades of grass were silent beneath my feet as I padded down toward the lake. I’d left my anorak on the dock sections sitting on […]
I stuck my hand down the hole I’d just chipped through the ice. My finger tips felt down the irregular wall until they reached the bottom of the ice and […]
Well friends, I’ve moved again. Despite a brief holiday relapse into believing I’m a Montana resident, I’ll be spending the rest of the winter in northern Minnesota. Loving the life […]
My latest piece for the Voyageur Outward Bound School‘s News from the Field blog discusses aurora borealis predictions and solar cycles. You can find the post here.
The Bradford pear tree in my parents’ front yard often greets me before they do. The tree stands dark green and shaggy against the row of townhouses behind it and […]
On April 21st, 2011, Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the University of Vermont. I’d never heard Bernie speak before, but I sensed his popularity among Vermont voters by their big […]
Ignore the text on the above National Weather Service forecast for Bozeman. Focus instead on the white and gray shades arranged in six-pointed figures. Perhaps not accurately drawn, these identical […]
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