Join Thor and me as we return to the Big Island and renew acquaintance with our favorite snorkel site and fishy friends. NOTE: Listening to my doc’s concerns, and considering the complications of multi-destination European travel during the pandemic surge … Continue reading
Thor and I returned to the Big Island, Hawaii, to enjoy some snorkeling and sunshine before gloomy gray winter descends on our Pacific Northwest. Listening to my doc’s concerns, and considering the complications of multi-destination European travel during the pandemic … Continue reading
It’s fall for certain. That sunlight slant. The trees looking as if they’ve been misted with yellow paint. Those squash leaves wearing a funereal shade of pale ocher, as if trying on make-up for a Halloween costume. The only spot … Continue reading
Mr. Big never complains. He never asks for anything. It makes me sick. Sometimes I just want to bite his nose off. And they love him ever so fucking much. He’s the favorite, I can tell even though the treat … Continue reading
Photo by Infralist.com on Unsplash As I searched my mind (and my phone’s camera roll) for an interesting story to tell you about “island life” from these past few weeks…I came up kind of empty. And that is because these last few weeks … Continue reading
Join Thor, Bear dog, and me for a cloudy hike on the skirts of Mt. Baker/Koma Kulshan. NOTE: I’ll continue my Virtual Italy Vacation series next week, with occasional interruptions in upcoming weeks for outdoor adventures in our beautiful Pacific … Continue reading
Photo by jaimy van kessel on Unsplash It was a strange sound, an animal sound. Perhaps even an animal-in-distress sound? It wasn’t a bird, we thought, probably, though it was a little screechy-chittery like a bird. I heard it when I got up … Continue reading
After a year of way too many recuperation and rehab programs, Thor, Bear dog, and I return to the Mt. Baker Wilderness for a hike to Bagley Lakes. NOTE: I will resume my Virtual Italy Vacation series, perhaps alternating with … Continue reading
West Beach at sunset. Not Oprah’s place. Well, technically, Oprah never lived here; but she did buy a pretty nice house on the island three years ago. It was big news at the time, and we islanders enjoyed speculating about … Continue reading
Billabong Flats 4 Australian animal adventures 4 by Ria Loader All are welcome at Billabong Flats in the Australian Bush. Can wild horses find safety from the fires? Will the Lyrebird find a new sound? How does a pelican take … Continue reading
