Lately I’ve been messing around with a Canon A-1 film camera that I picked up at Dexter’s in Ventura. I walked in their shop one day and said I wanted to monkey around with a film camera, and the owner…
Enormocast
In an era when everyone seems to have a podcast, this is my favorite. Simple, intimate interviews with climbers without any gimmicks. An English teacher told me writers enjoy nothing more than writing about writing. I think the same could…
Squawking Crow
Culvert Inspection in Sonoma County 31 January 2017 The winter of 2017 brought a tremendous amount of water to California. This caused the state to become concerned about the continued performance of culverts along a stretch of US-101 in Sonoma…
Wisconsin Band
Beep Beep Beep Beep. The piercing siren of my alarm clock jars me awake. It’s still dark, and I stumble around my room trying to turn it off. I can’t believe it’s even morning yet. It doesn’t feel like morning. I…
Zion Road Trip
This is a short story about our road trip to Zion National Park in the early summer of 2011. Cris, Dan, and I were living in a ram-shacked old house on Lathrop Street in Madison at the time. Cris and…