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Is there anything that says, “waking up in the Redwoods” more than having a Steller’s Jay hopping around on the ground beside your sleeping bag as you open your eyes in the morning? Uh-uhn, I thought not. And, yes, I know, I’m jumping around a bit. Yesterday it was the basalt river-canyons of central Oregon, […]
I frowned and puzzled over the sight for awhile. I’d never seen quite the like. Could these huge columns be part of a greater mass lying just beneath the soil of these croplands? The answer soon became apparent as we traveled further into an autumn landscape of golden stubble, the road occasionally dipping down a […]
I haven’t posted much about insects seen during my recent trip out west, but I’ll eventually get around to that. No doubt, you’ll see more about them when I begin scrounging around looking for things to write about in another few weeks after the snow flies. I do have some insect sightings from the past […]
Last night, I watched an extraordinary documentary film. Being Caribou, is a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) production, shot on location and “en route” by Leanne Allison, the cinematographer half of a husband and wife team – the other half being wildlife biologist, park warden and writer, Karsten Heuer. The film traces a journey […]
Sabrina checking out the new addition to our reusable shopping bag collection For the past couple of days, my good friend, saddle pal, and western guide, Wilbur “Sparky” Rawlins, and I, have been working on a couple of pieces about our recent travels. Those should appear here at Burning Silo sometime soon. In the meantime, […]
As mentioned before, I’ll be doing a lot of jumping around for the next while — writing about travels in the west, and about baking pies or making bread, and probably about other things like shopping bags, documentary movies, and definitely how much I *hate* airports and flying (none of the above in any particular […]
fresh-baked cranberry and Ida Red apple pie Okay, so I’m not much of a food stylist or food photographer. However, I wanted to post an image that represents one of the good things about being back home — being able to cook in my own kitchen. Don’t get me wrong — I very much enjoyed […]