If I had to distill a strategy for navigating the permanent whitewater experience of the coming months and the foreseeable 2009 time frame, I’d say plan on the “means to an end” way that pirates used their vessels. You see, t...

...side, the aging population of Baby Boomers scattered across the united states of america are hard pressed to either rake their leaves themselves or pay to hire landscapers to do the tedious job for them. In the meantime, it is quite apparent, even this e...

...nt whispers, when I can no longer feel any evidence of its cool exhalations on my skin nor see them in the tiniest movement of leaves, I wish it would rain.   Clouds begin to gather then. A halfhearted [...]...

Fall is by far my favorite season and I love watching the leaves go through their cycle of colors. I may differ from most people in that I prefer the earlier part of the season when bright yellow and red highlights abound but green still composes much of ...

With a couple nights of rain and colder temps, the fall colors are at peak in a few places. Mainly those places are the tops of the higher mountains and in the valleys of nearly all of them. Temperature plays a huge roll in changing the leaves and on top ...

...he most contemplative of the seasons. The angle of the sun, the colors of the foliage, the sweet and sour smell of decomposing leaves and the mild temperatures all combine for an atmosphere of introspection and appreciation. I took this picture yesterday ...

Though I can’t really put my finger on it - High Pressure in the atmosphere?  Crisp, Autumn air and changing leaves?  Full nights’ sleep?  Kick butt job interview?  Shiny, new laptop? Whatever the cause, I’ve been in a very good moo...