Monthly Archives: October 2011

It seems folks have finally gotten fed up with Wall Street and corporate greed, as there are “Occupy” protests going on in all major cities including Eugene and Portland.  “We are the 99%,” they say – though in reality they … Continue reading →

A low of 28.7º this morning marked the end of our growing season, at least for such things as peppers, tomatoes, basil, sweet potatoes, and squash.  Most of these things were finished anyway.  Hopefully it will also knock back the … Continue reading →

After two weeks of rainy weather, the past two days have been 100% clear, topping out at 67 degrees yesterday and 72 today.  We had 36.2 this morning, but it still hasn’t frozen and there is no colder weather predicted.  … Continue reading →

On Sunday we set out in a light rain to our best chanterelle spot in the coast range.  We found that someone else had been there first and the mushrooms are (so far) not as abundant as last year, but … Continue reading →

John set out early for the coast and returned with a 12 pound Coho salmon and two big Dungeness crabs.  They formed the backbone of a delicious dinner, rounded out with mashed potatoes, fresh greens, and lemon-ginger pound cake (thank … Continue reading →

I posted 83 photos in four photo essays providing a hyperspeed overview of 2011 so far.  Find them at 2011 photos and EPA STAR conference. A few months ago my old friend Chelsea Little from my summer in Colorado started … Continue reading →

Two years ago Blogger stopped supporting FTP publishing, effectively killing my blog.  With my recent installation of WordPress, it is now back online.  Hopefully I’ll have time to create some new photo essays as well…