Here are just a few shots of what Nathan and I saw and did last week at Camp McDowell. This is our group in St. Christopher’s Canyon, just off Clear Creek: At Tiller’s Beach: Paige, our guide on the Tiller’s Beach hike, gives instructions. All of our guides/counselors were strong As, but Paige was an … Read more
Free To Be… You and Me was one of my greatest treasures as a child. It’s an anthology of short fiction, poetry, songs, and a dialogue or two, all having to do in one way or another with being true to yourself, with a frequent emphasis on gender neutrality. I bet I went all the … Read more
This is my rod. Do you like it? My rod is my single favorite tool. It’s stainless steel—SS316, to be exact—and it’s about half of a welding rod. I used the other half to ground a marine aquarium. (SS316 is particularly resistant to saltwater corrosion.) I am comforted when I see it hanging on my … Read more