Posts filed under "Talking Story"
With apologies, undoubtedly
A few weeks back, I posted an entry about Texas. About leaving Texas, actually, and how happy I was to be doing so. I didn’t mean it to be a hit piece, but a Texan friend of mine called me out on what I’d written, saying that it was mean and that it sounded angry. […]
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Curtain call
“Cheer up, Ed. This is not goodbye. It’s just I won’t ever see you again.”Lt. Frank DrebinNaked Gun 33 1/3 I don’t know what to blame for this early winter funk. It could be the rain, but it’s too damn early in the season to get depressed about that; there’s at least five more months […]
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Back to the Foss
The wind has been blowing all week. It’s warmer now, not the bone-chilling temps we saw a few days ago, but the early morning breezes have been enough to consistently keep me off the water. I doubt it’s gotten much below 10 knots on any given morning, and it’s significantly stronger than that right now. […]
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Snow clouds and writer’s block
The other afternoon, just before launching, I couldn’t help but look at the mountain for a minute or so. “The Mountain,” people say around here, and we all know which one we’re talking about. There is only one Mount Rainier. We can go for weeks without seeing it, especially this time of year, but when […]
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Happy Thanksgiving
My absolute most favorite holiday of the year: Thanksgiving. It’s Christmas without the baggage. It’s football, food, friends and family, without all of the tension and unrealistic cultural expectations that are such a part of the modern Christmas experience. It’s a very good time to reflect on the people and things I am thankful for. […]
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Beach chores
I’ve been meaning to bring a kayak around to the house for a few weeks now, just never got around to it. With all the wind we’ve been getting in recent days – it is winter, after all – my morning SUP ritual has been sporadic. The Tacoma Narrows is an active canvas and it […]
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A Good day for a wood stove
There are few things more beautiful than an early snow. It is a white blanket that covers up the scars of fall, that coats the bare trees and the rocky beaches in a mantle of singular grace. Drivers don’t seem to like it much, and I will admit that the loss of power and water […]
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Winter paddling class
You never hear people say, “Oh, it’s too cold to go skiing.” That it will be cold goes without saying and those who want to slide down a mountain simply dress for the occasion. There is no drama, no great kerfuffle. You adapt and carry on. But kayaking? Now there’s a horse of a different […]
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A Welcome calm
After the wind has stopped, the waters ease. Where once were wild whitecaps and salty spray, now is almost tranquil. Almost. There is still moving water that will get your attention, pronounced eddylines that snake along the shear between the currents, but the waves have disappeared. The surface of the Narrows reflects the lights of […]
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Carbon River Trail – Redux
Recently, I cobbled together an account of a day on the Carbon River Trail – hiking, biking, mostly. It has now morphed into my first, and I hope, first of many – pieces for visitrainier.com. Here in this cold, wet night of November, I can only wish to go back to this day in the […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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