Pat and Kathie

After lunch, the bus dropped us off at a Metro station (truthfully, I don’t remember which one now). Our guide had explained to us on the wa...

Kathie’s going to disown me if I don’t get this saga moving again. Sorry it’s taken so long, Kath. This ungodly heat has sucked all motivati...

This is our hundredth post. How appropriate. I think it was back in February that Kathie came up with the idea to go to Russia. Would I like...

So where have I been? I’ve been around. And what have I been doing? I’ve been a slug. Truly, there are no better answers to these questions....

Hello from Yaroslavl, Russia! Kathie and I are cruising along the Volga River after spending several days in Moscow. What a fabulous place! ...

"Lonely as God and white as a winter moon" ... Joaquin Miller on Shasta, late 1800's Even with the failed summit on Mt. Shasta...

I can relate to this....

Over the year after climbing Mt. Whitney, I was happy climbing around on southern California mountains. For whatever reason, though, it felt...

"You need more will than skill"...Muhammed Ali What is it about the half century mark that gives us irrational ideas and, worse st...

Add Phil and Susan Ershler to my list of heroes (see Comments, Jorge Drexler: Dos Besos y Un Abrazo ). Phil and Susan were in San Diego this...

Regarding La vida es mas compleja de lo que parace , Anonymous commented "Stumbled upon your blog and noticed you've misidentified ...

Another week over and the worm is dead, My friend said. Yes, enough of the sordidness and world sorrow I need some beauty tomorrow. So out t...