Looking for Four-Thirty-Three
We had been traveling through the high country for days. Mountains and canyons and too much sun. Along the way we skirted a lonesome, treeless tarn. Beyond that rose a steep gravelly slope crowned...
Tagged: Sierra Nevada
Pomegranates
The first pomegranates of the season are on display in the supermarket. The ancient Egyptians had an expression, “Eat a pomegranate and visit a bath—your youth will hasten back.” I don’t know about that,...
Thank Your for Your Service
My friend Bill was on his way home from a big day of hiking in the mountains of California. He had a hankering for some iced tea, so he stopped at a small grocery...
Today is Japhy Ryder’s Birthday
One time Eric Paul Shaffer and I decided to climb the Matterhorn. Not the one you think but the one right in front of you when you stand on the edge of Bridgeport, California...