Thimbleberry Lane

Thimbleberry Lane

by | Sep 3, 2025 | Nature

If you have a change of heart You can finish what you start What’s lost you shall regain Down on Thimbleberry Lane Travel north on Highway 101 along the Oregon coast and just outside of Port Orford you’ll pass a small street sign for Thimbleberry Lane. Don’t blink or...
A Dreamy Day On The Russian River

A Dreamy Day On The Russian River

by | Jul 22, 2025 | Nature

It was a slow, lazy glide down the Russian River yesterday. Carol and I slid our kayaks into the water on a cool, foggy morning at Steelhead Beach for the eight mile trip to Johnson’s Beach in Guerneville. One of the many benefits of retirement is being able to enjoy...
The Holiness Of Redwood Trees

The Holiness Of Redwood Trees

by | Jul 12, 2025 | Meditations, Nature

Some things just never get old, spending time among the giant redwood trees of Northern California is one of those things. The coast redwood, sequoia sempervirens, is found only along a narrow band of coastal California from Big Sur in the south to just above the...
Maui Stories

Maui Stories

by | Jun 23, 2025 | Meditations, Nature

A Real Life Dr. Seuss Tree The coconut palm is a real life Dr. Seuss tree and a symbol of the tropics the world over. The trunk twists and turns skyward at crazy angles, the more extreme of which makes me wonder how the tree manages to stay rooted in the ground. A...
Fern Canyon Ramble

Fern Canyon Ramble

by | May 12, 2025 | Nature

The Fern Canyon Trail is an enchanted, serpentine meander, it follows tranquil Little River as it makes its way through the dappled forest light of Van Damme State Park on the Mendocino Coast. The voices of this gentle river are varied; shape-shifting tones that are...
Encounter With An Owl

Encounter With An Owl

by | Mar 27, 2025 | Nature

Yesterday at around 11:00am I saw a Great Horned Owl on the creek trail near my house. I’ve walked and biked this trail hundreds of times, seen all manner of aquatic birds and songbirds, river otters and turtles but never once an owl. I had originally planned on doing...