If people want their cause to be bipartisan, they should use common language and be willing to meet in the middle, or put some arguments aside.

Not every fight needs to be fought on every battlefield.

I went to an event last night entirely filled with young people from my town. Most people were my neighbors and coworkers. I don't know why, but it felt refreshing to have an event like that.

Locality-based communities are not the norm anymore I guess. It was great.

Going through the life's work of a caver who has passed and deciding what to keep and what to throw away is a painful task. So many invaluable things get thrown away in the process, unknowingly.

Ask your old timers to organize their things while they're still alive. It's difficult, but important.

My pipes froze and I have no water. Joy

Conglomerates are top tier rocks

Made a bagel with deer tallow and salmonberry jam. Happy to be eating local foods again.

I decided to come back home for the month of february and it took me 35 hours to get here. Drive, flight, flight, tiny ferry, big ferry, drive.

Who knew there were two airports in Dallas! I just learned this when they told me I was at the wrong airport when I tried to check in

I want a pet rat

Hot Springs National Park took all of the Hot Springs and put them in spring boxes. Then they put all of Hot Springs Creek into a glorified culvert under the city. #DaylightHotSprings

One of my favorite pictures from this late season. October at Virginia Peak, Prince of Wales Island

I sort of fear a twitter-like social media. I prefer that my horrible thoughts get buried in a group chat over time.