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Chilco River

I met Larry in a cloud of dust on the side of a dry gravel road beside a river. Together, we lifted river rafts onto the trailer behind a rusty old Dodge that he drove for the rafting trip I was guiding. That was my first trip on the Chilco River and the [...]

Autumn Ride

I squint from sun shine as I roll underneath branches above brilliant golden through like a tunnel formed by chestnut trees through the old streets. Crunch the leaves underneath on black pavement.

Kaleidoscope fallen leaves tap on my helmet, and I feel the crisp autumn air October kiss while wind whips I speed along. I hear [...]

Waking Up

There is that wonderful moment when our consciousness flirts between the world of dreams and being awake, when you can’t tell the difference between reality and fantasy, when just for that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.

Musings on Lawn Mowers and Homing Pigeons

It’s Halloween night and I’m scared. Loneliness lurks like an old familiar ghost, in fact I smell it just around the corner.

Dancing the Duckbill

I feel a shift in my nineteen year old mind as I sit in silence on a river island with 100 Australian hippies. It’s a magical moment when we hear the call of the Kookaburra bouncing off leaning walls of 2000 year old pine trees through thick Tasmanian mist; the echo snaps me to the [...]