Tag: smoke

  • Yosemite. Wow.

    Wow was the word for the day.

  • Once Upon a Time, Not Long Ago…

    I’m so sorry. We have no excuse.

  • This Feels Like the End of the World

    Air matters.

  • My Summer of Water and Smoke

    Water, man. What a miracle.

  • The Sky is Falling

    I’ve been feeling a bit claustrophobic of late. Due to all the wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, I went about a week without seeing the sky. The sun and the moon both looked blood red from the pollution, and the smoke seemed to be pressing down upon us. I lost my mountain views at work,…

  • Maybe If…

    So I decided to go camping in British Columbia during the Perseids meteor showers. I love astronomical events of all kinds, but the Persaids is one of my favorites. And it was supposed to be particularly spectacular this time around. I had been planning this trip for nearly a year. I had no idea that…

  • Getting Older

    Today is my 49th birthday. Happy birthday to me. Given that the average life expectancy of the white American female these days is 81 years, I am definitely on the downhill slope. And it’s a rare woman in my family who makes it that far, so I could very well be further down the slope…