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My computer is in ill with a virus so–so long, farewell. I say Auf wiedersein but I’m not sure I know how to spell it. Hopefully, I will be back in a week or so. Those of you here in Humboldt feel free to tell Garth at Emerald Technologies (wonderful computer place) that you know he’ll do a SPEEDY job;>
Read moreAgainst the worn black leather jacket that he insists has “street cred,” his grandfather’s rifle is a branch of rich brown wood matching the forest around him. His friend let him out of the old Ford at Hayden’s Ruff this morning and he planned to meet up with his dad and little brother this afternoon but he’s missed the pickup point somehow. He hasn’t seen a
Read moreSideways Daily Photo As the final haze of last summer’s fires lingered on the horizon, I took this photo with a sideways tilt. It pleases me to see the echoing swoop of hill beyond hill. But, I’ve held it not knowing if others would enjoy. Today, with the rain leaking from the sky in great gray rivulets, I’m palming it
Read moreI Believe in You Without knowing how, decorating the tree became a chore done silently and swiftly this year. Dripping glass icicles were placed so they wouldn’t be broken but I didn’t marvel over their delicate artistry. Handmade cookie ornaments made when my oldest two were small got a swift smile but no real lingering. But one red box with
Read moreRainbow Daily Photo Somewhere between Bear Gulch Bridge and Blue Star Gas is a pot of gold. (I’m thinking with as many rainbows as we’ve been getting here that Garberville Gold suffices for the Gods of Light to indicate the pot with their colorful markers.)
Read morePreparing to Dive Whether last year’s plunge into our ice edged pond was colder that this year’s snow melt swim, my middle son carried out his yearly tradition of burying himself in the frigid water below our house and rising shivering but triumphant again. This year he brought a friend to join in the ceremony.
Read moreFirst Light Daily Photo Sunlight falls across the tall trees above my father-in-law’s house. You can see more pictures of one of the most beautifully crafted Humboldt Homestead by clicking here or here.
Read moreSunrise, Fog, Snow Daily Photo Fog, snow, and sunrise, a beautiful combination. Though snow is rare, fog and Humboldt belong together. So much so that a wonderful local cheese–featured in many gourmet magazines–bears the name Humboldt Fog. Inevitably, a strain of another one of our local products will someday be labeled Humboldt Fog to stand alongside Sour Diesel and OG
Read moreWinter Sunrise Daily Photo Like a horse on a tether, I wandered in a circle around my house this morning for an hour and a half taking photos of the sun rising through Winter white trees. My small son still slept and I needed to be close enough to hear him call. Like the tide, the fog rose, receeded and
Read moreWinter falls on Lone Maple Daily Photo Snowing still on and off. Sometimes, flakes fall so thickly that I can’t tell them from the snow covered leaves. The pond, glazed with ice, nestles between white velvet hills and beneath the Lone Maple the ground disappears.
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