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Sep 18, 2025: “Meeting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/14, 1/320s, ISO 640. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Sep 18, 2025: “Mantis Love” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Sep 18, 2025: “Leaf” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Sep 18, 2025: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 640. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Sep 18, 2025: “Pretty Poison” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/60s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Sep 16, 2025: “Snowberries” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 6400. Shot along the Browder Ridge Trail.

Sep 16, 2025: “Cloud Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 34mm, f/13, 1/400s, ISO 160. Shot from the Browder Ridge Trail.

Sep 15, 2025: “Island in the Mist” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 320. Shot along the Browder Ridge Trail.

Sep 13, 2025: “What are YOU staring at?” Olympus E-M10 IV with 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 12800. Shot in my back yard.

Sep 12, 2025: “Wet Nose” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Shot along the Lawler Trail.

Sep 10, 2025: “Chicken of the Woods” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Shot along the Santiam Wagon Road Trail.

Sep 10, 2025: “Trees and Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 23mm, f/8, 1/20s, ISO 250. Shot along the Santiam Wagon Road Trail.

Sep 10, 2025: “Pop” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 400. Shot near Sevenmile Horse Camp.

Sep 10, 2025: “The Path” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Santiam Wagon Road Trail.

Sep 10, 2025: “Grotto” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/3s, ISO 2000. Shot at House Rock Falls.

Sep 8, 2025: “Rainbow Spray” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/16, 1/1.3s, ISO 125. Shot at Thor’s Well.

Sep 8, 2025: “Camouflage” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 100. There are three sandpipers in this shot from Thor’s …

Sep 8, 2025: “Barnacles” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/1.8 fisheye lens @ f/14, 1.6s, ISO 200. Shot near Thor’s Well on the Oregon …

Sep 8, 2025: “Puddle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/4.4, 1/2500s, ISO 3200. Shot at Washburne Day Use Area.

Sep 8, 2025: “Hiker Begone!” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Shot at the edge of Cummins Creek Wilderness.

Sep 8, 2025: “Fern Goblet” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 17mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 640. Shot at Heceta Head.

Sep 8, 2025: “Exploding Star” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1600. Shot at Hobbit Beach.

Sep 8, 2025: “Hanging Around” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1250. Shot at Hobbit Beach.

Sep 7, 2025: “Culprits” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/40s, ISO 100. Shot at Hobbit Beach.

Sep 7, 2025: “Anemone Parade” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO 400. Shot at Hobbit Beach.

Sep 7, 2025: “OREGON” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/60s, ISO 640. Sand cliff art at Hobbit Beach.

Sep 5, 2025: Multiple hikes at Mount Pisgah on a unified map (cc @rasterweb)

Sep 5, 2025: ‘Foggy Morning" Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1.3s, ISO 250. Shot at Hobbit Beach.

Sep 5, 2025: “New Trees From Old” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 40mm, f/5.5, 1/80s, ISO 125. Shot along the South Pyramid Creek Trail.

Sep 3, 2025: “Brains!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 41mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 2000. Shot along the South Pyramid Creek Trail.

Sep 3, 2025: “Screaming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Shot along the Crescent Mountain Trail.

Sep 3, 2025: “One Juniper Berry” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 36mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO 1250. Shot at the top of Crescent Mountain.

Sep 3, 2025: “Smoky Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Mount Washington from the Crescent Mountain Trail.

Aug 31, 2025: “Black Gold” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 2000. Shot along the North Umpqua Trail.

Aug 31, 2025: “Fireweed” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 200. Shot along the North Umpqua Trail.

Aug 31, 2025: “Silent Conversation” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 1000. Shot at Moon Mountain.

Aug 31, 2025: “Thistle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/800s, ISO 250. Shot at the North Bank Habitat Management Area.

Aug 31, 2025: “Morning Light” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 400. Shot from the North Bank Habitat Management Area.

Aug 28, 2025: “Dawn Hog” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 200. Hog Mountain shot from the North Bank Habitat Management …

Aug 25, 2025: “Flyover” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx macro lens @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/200s, ISO 800. Shot along the Mount Yoran Trail.

Aug 25, 2025: “Huckleberry Season” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 800. Shot along the Vivian Lake Trail.

Aug 25, 2025: “Looming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 500. Mount Yoran behind Divide Lake.

Aug 24, 2025: “Diamond in the Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 400. Diamond Peak reflected in Lils Lake.

Aug 24, 2025: “Morning Star” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 24mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 6400. Shot from FR 5893 near Salt Creek Falls.

Aug 24, 2025: “Photographer” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 19mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 125. Shot at Horse Rock Ridge.

Aug 24, 2025: “Bug Convention” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at Buck Mountain.

Aug 24, 2025: “Sickle” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 250. Shot at Buck Mountain.

Aug 22, 2025: “Remembrance of Fire Towers Past” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/9, 1/1600s, ISO 800. Shot at the top of Buck Mountain.

Aug 22, 2025: “Tidbits” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 400mm, f/11.9, 1/1600s, ISO 1600. Tidbits Mountain seen …

Aug 21, 2025: “Modern Dancer” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at the top of Buck Mountain.

Aug 20, 2025: “Too Late” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/80s, ISO 250. Thistle head at Mount Pisgah.

Aug 18, 2025: “Monochrome Wings” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/18, 1/200s, ISO 2000. Pine White butterfly near Spirit Falls.

Aug 18, 2025: “Get a Haircut!” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 6400. Shot on the Moon Falls Trail.

Aug 17, 2025: “The Island” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 31mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot at Notch Lake.

Aug 17, 2025: “Space Invader” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/200s, ISO 6400. Shot along the Maiden Lake Trail.

Aug 17, 2025: “The Sap Rises” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/25s, ISO 250. Pinesap flowers along the Maiden Lake Trail.

Aug 15, 2025: “Brainiac” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 140mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Shot along the Maiden Lake Trail.

Aug 15, 2025: “Mountains Near and Far” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 82mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 125. Diamond Peak seen from Maiden Peak …

Aug 14, 2025: “Lakeside View” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/2000s, ISO 5000. Odell Lake and Crescent Lake seen from Maiden Peak.

Aug 14, 2025: “Wilderness Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/2000s, ISO 250. Middle & South Sister, Cultus Mountain, …

Aug 13, 2025: “Framed” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, ISO 320. Diamond Peak seen from Maiden Peak.

Aug 12, 2025: “Too Big To Eat” Olympus TG-6 with Ultimaxx macro lens @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/200s, ISO 2000. Shot at Wild iris Ridge.

Aug 11, 2025: “Ridges” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 31mm, f/8, 1/100s, ISO 200. Shot from FR 1994 near Cougar Reservoir.

Aug 11, 2025: “Low Water” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 200. Shot at Cougar Reservoir.

Aug 9, 2025: “Hayhenge” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/8, 1/640s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Aug 9, 2025: “Fall is Coming” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Aug 4, 2025: “Weather” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 100. Shot at Linton Lake.

Aug 4, 2025: “Linton Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 23mm, f/8, 1/6s, ISO 200.

Aug 4, 2025: “Lower Linton Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 6400.

Aug 3, 2025: “Swimming Hole” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 200mm, f/14, 1/400s, ISO 1600. Benson Lake seen from Scott Mountain.

Aug 3, 2025: “Framed Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/1.8 fisheye lens @ f/5.6, 1/2000s, ISO 200. Shot from Scott Mountain.

Aug 3, 2025: “Resting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 160. Alpine Buckwheat with Fritallary Butterfly along the Hand …

Aug 3, 2025: “Dreams” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 400. Shot near Hand Lake

Aug 2, 2025: “Sadness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO 320. Shot at Buck Meadows.

Aug 1, 2025: “Camofrog” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 200. Shot along the Louise Creek Trail.

Aug 1, 2025: “Fire and Ice” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/7.1, 1/1250s, ISO 1250. Shot along the PCT near Collier Cone.

Aug 1, 2025: “This Way to California” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 500. SOBO PCT near Collier Cone.

Aug 1, 2025: “Hippie-on-a-Stick” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 92mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 6400. Western Pasque Flower, aka …

Aug 1, 2025: “Looming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Collier Cone from the Scott/PCT junction.

Jul 31, 2025: “Poor Choices” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 26mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 1600. Shot along the Scott Trail.

Jul 31, 2025: “Gateway” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/640s, ISO 200. Shot along the Eugene to Crest Trail.

Jul 29, 2025: “Skeletal Bears” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 33mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO 2000. Bear grass stalks after losing their flowers along …

Jul 29, 2025: “All Fall Down” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot from the Eugene to Crest Trail along …

Jul 29, 2025: “Starry Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 1000. Shot along the Eugene …

Jul 29, 2025: “Hoot” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Eugene to Crest …

Jul 29, 2025: “Corny” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 40mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 4000. Corn lilies along the Eugene to Crest Trail.

Jul 29, 2025: “Toasted Hiker” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Eugene to Crest Trail.

Jul 28, 2025: “Showy” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 3200. Washington Lily along the Eugene to Crest Trail.

Jul 27, 2025: “Diamond Peak” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 125. Shot from the Eugene to Crest Trail along …

Jul 27, 2025: “Cascade Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 1600. Just before sunrise along Bunchgrass Ridge.

Jul 26, 2025: “Splish Splash” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/3200s, ISO 1250. Garter snake swimming in the Willamette River at …

Jul 25, 2025: “Shining” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/125s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.

Jul 25, 2025: “Nighttime Companion” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 250. Shot along the Goodman Creek Trail.

Jul 25, 2025: “Ghostly Pipes” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 6400. Indian Pipe growing along the Goodman Creek Trail.

Jul 24, 2025: “Keeping an Eye on the Logging” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO 2000.

Jul 24, 2025: “Afternoon at Eagle’s Rest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/2.8, 1/250s, ISO 2500.

Jul 24, 2025: “Breath of Air” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 6400. Shot along the Goodman Creek Trail.

Jul 24, 2025: “Speckles” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/80s, ISO 4000. False Solomon’s Seal fruit along the Goodman …

Jul 23, 2025: “Precarious” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/14, 1/250s, ISO 1250. Cormorant nesting near …

Jul 23, 2025: “No Swimming” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 200mm, f/14, 1/125s, ISO 320. Oregon coast near …

Jul 23, 2025: “Island of Lions” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 6400. Shot inside Sea Lion Cave.

Jul 22, 2025: “Waiting” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, 1/200s, ISO 400. Shot at the Oregon coast …

Jul 22, 2025: “The Gull Stands Alone” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, 1/200s, ISO 500. Shot at the …

Jul 21, 2025: “Weeding” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, 1/200s, ISO 500. Shot at the Oregon coast. …

Jul 21, 2025: “Nesting” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, 1/200s, ISO 500. Cormorants on the Oregon …

Jul 21, 2025: “Sleepytime” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, 1/80s, ISO 400. Steller’s Sea …

Jul 18, 2025: “Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 250. Looking over Lookout Reservoir. towards Diamond Peak

Jul 18, 2025: “Quiet Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 37mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 6400. Pre-dawn twilight over Lookout Reservoir.

Jul 17, 2025: “Lunchtime” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1600.

Jul 13, 2025: “Beetle Time” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/30s, ISO 320. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.

Jul 13, 2025: Finished: The Exile, by Pearl S. Buck 📚: This is the author’s lightly-fictionalized memoir of her mother, who was a Christian missionary’s …

Jul 13, 2025: “Moo” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Cow parsnip seeds at Wild Iris Ridge.

Jul 13, 2025: “Slightly Squished” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens plus MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/18, 1/500s, ISO 2500. One day …

Jul 12, 2025: Finished: The Steel Wave, by Jeff Shaara 📚: Second of Shaara’s novels of WWII, this one covers from preparations for the Normandy invasion …

Jul 12, 2025: Finished: Unicorn Variations, by Roger Zelazny 📚: Probably my favorite collection of Zelazny shorts. The titular story holds up well, and “Home …

Jul 12, 2025: Am I forgetting more because of age, or just noticing it more because I have spare time? Either way I was out in 90-degree full sun for a mile or more …

Jul 12, 2025: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/2.5, 1/400s, ISO 1000. Shot at Wild …

Jul 12, 2025: “Moonset” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/350s, ISO 200. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.

Jul 12, 2025: “Posing” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 160. I think a California Tortoiseshell along the South Waldo …

Jul 11, 2025: “Snow Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/250s, ISO 100. Shot along the Mount Ray Trail.

Jul 11, 2025: “Miles of Hiking” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 100. Looking across Waldo Lake into the Three Sisters …

Jul 11, 2025: “Cliff” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Fuji Mountain seen from just above Deer Camp Lake.

Jul 11, 2025: “Old Life, New Life” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 640. Along the High Divide Trail.

Jul 11, 2025: Can ChatGPT interpret speaking in tongues? Um. No.

Jul 11, 2025: “e” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 34mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 640. Along the High Divide Trail.

Jul 11, 2025: Starfront Observatories Here’s a nifty idea: colocation for telescopes instead of servers.

Jul 11, 2025: Judges rule against Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll case Just a little reminder that the President is a multiple felon convicted sexual abuser.

Jul 11, 2025: Vietnam thought it had a deal on its US tariff rate. Then Trump stepped in. Looks like the reason we haven’t seen details of the deal Trump …

Jul 11, 2025: Tornado Cash Made Crypto Anonymous. Now One of Its Creators Faces Trial I’m no fan of crypto, North Korean hackers, or money laundering - but …

Jul 11, 2025: Harvard Abruptly Caves to Trump After Months of Fighting At least to the extent of backing away from DEI efforts. Disappointing, but it’s hard …

Jul 10, 2025: “A Thousand Flowers Blooming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 1250. Beargrass along the High Divide Trail …

Jul 10, 2025: Good: my city is running a survey to get citizen input. Bad: they’re capturing IP addresses for geolocation without telling people.

Jul 10, 2025: TIL that Thunderbird has incoming message filters for RSS. Now there are 98% fewer Amazon Prime Day posts in the feeds I follow. This is a feature …

Jul 10, 2025: Didn’t finish: Cronies, by Ken Babbs 📚: Well, I really wanted to like this one, but I realized after 100 pages that it was just turning into a …

Jul 10, 2025: “Devastated” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 320. High Divide Trail through the 2022 Ceder Creek fire scar.

Jul 10, 2025: “The Road Ahead” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. FR 5883 near the Fuji Mountain Trail.

Jul 10, 2025: “Embrace the Rock” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 250. Shot along the Fuji Mountain Trail.

Jul 9, 2025: I am so sick of Verizon deciding that it can just install bloatware on my phone whenever it wants.

Jul 8, 2025: Generative Ghosts: Anticipating Benefits and Risks of AI Afterlives I wonder whether we’re at the point where a will or end-of-life directive …

Jul 8, 2025: RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed The Secretary of HHS ignorant? What a complete …

Jul 8, 2025: “Warm Morning” Olympus TG-6 @ 4.5mm, f/2.8, 1/640s, ISO 100. On the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jul 8, 2025: Is Earth inside a huge void? ‘Sound of the Big Bang’ hints at possible solution to Hubble tension Obviously the extraterrestrials have …

Jul 8, 2025: Prime “Day” is now 4 days long. Half of my RSS feed has been hijacked by “best Prime Day deal” affiliate links. I’m so …

Jul 7, 2025: Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park Yeah, because who walks through a PARK without automatic weapons? I’m glad I …

Jul 7, 2025: Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize War criminals gotta stick together, I guess.

Jul 7, 2025: Finished: These Restless Heads, by Branch Cabell 📚. Not a part of the Biography of Manuel (and therefore using the other variant of his name), this is …

Jul 7, 2025: “Hiding” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 500. On the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jul 7, 2025: Trump announces new tariffs of up to 40% on a growing number of countries I don’t know which is worse, the coming (just in time for Christmas!) …

Jul 6, 2025: “Sunburst” Olympus TG-6 @ 9.0mm, f/4.5, 1/500s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.

Jul 6, 2025: Finished: Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy Finished: Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, by Charles Nordoff and James Norman Hall 📚. My copy of these 1930’s novels is a more recent reprint …

Jul 6, 2025: “Shy Prince” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 1250. Prince’s Pine flowers along the Middle Fork …

Jul 5, 2025: “Suggestive” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 6400. Pinedrop along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 5, 2025: Finished: Ghost Fleet, by P.W. Singer and August Cole 📚 - “A novel of the next world war,” in this case a non-nuclear limited engagement …

Jul 5, 2025: Finished: The Last Defender of Camelot, by Roger Zelazny 📚 - A collection of Zelazny’s short fiction. Standouts include the original (shorter) …

Jul 5, 2025: “Bugged” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 250. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 5, 2025: “Timpanogas Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 200.

Jul 5, 2025: “Mystery Bird” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 23mm, f/5, 1/80s, ISO 2500. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 5, 2025: “Reach for the Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 38mm, f/5.4, 1/200s, ISO 100. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 4, 2025: “Mini Niagara” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 17mm, f/8, 1/4s, ISO 160. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 4, 2025: “Bowing Candystick” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 37mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 4, 2025: “Pinesap” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 33mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 2000. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail. One of the strange …

Jul 4, 2025: “Cascadia Revolt!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 4, 2025: “Water from Nowhere” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 5000. Chuckle Springs near the Middle Fork Trail.

Jul 4, 2025: Didn’t finish: Black Wave, by Jean Silverwood 📚. The story of a family sea voyage cut short by a shipwreck on a hidden reef and a horrendous …

Jul 4, 2025: Record-Breaking Results Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality A literal bright spot on the horizon. I do hope to see utility-scale fusion power in my …

Jul 4, 2025: Donald Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds Only because he doesn’t think he can get away with full-on gladiatorial …

Jul 3, 2025: Congress Gives ICE More Money Than It Could Have Ever Imagined ICE will now be flushed with more cash than the Federal Bureau of Investigations; Drug …

Jul 2, 2025: “Outskirts” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 200. Taken from close to the top of Mount Pisgah. Despite …

Jul 2, 2025: “Trail to the Top” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 160. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Jul 2, 2025: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

Jul 2, 2025: It’s the time of year when I can stop checking the pollen count every morning and start checking the PM2.5 particulate count instead.

Jul 1, 2025: “The Barn” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah. I wandered around today using the …

Jul 1, 2025: “Recovery” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 250. One of the first pine seedlings after the 2022 Cedar …

Jul 1, 2025: “Crossing the Desert Sands” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 640. Shot in the burned area along the Jim …

Jul 1, 2025: “Pollinator” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 100. Bee in bear grass along the Wahanna Trail.

Jul 1, 2025: “Hiker’s Rest Stop” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 500. Taylor Burn USFS cabin.

Jul 1, 2025: “Serene” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 200. Williams Lake.

Jun 30, 2025: “Plunge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 250. Unnamed waterfall between Middle and Lower Erma Bell lakes …

Jun 30, 2025: “Stark” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hiking the Wahanna Trail after the Cedar Creek Fire. #mbjune Day 30: …

Jun 29, 2025: “Resting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 100. Next to Middle Erma Bell Lake.

Jun 29, 2025: “Searching” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, ISO 100. Tendrils of Oregon Manroot looking for something to wind around at Mount Pisgah. #mbjune Day …

Jun 28, 2025: “Ozymandias” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Rigdon Lakes Trail.

Jun 28, 2025: “Trails for Miles” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Climbing up from Lake Kiwa on the Rigdon Lakes Trail.

Jun 28, 2025: “A Little Breeze” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Lower Rigdon Lake.

Jun 28, 2025: The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long Based on a study published in Nature, Wired reports For every degree Celsius of warming, …

Jun 28, 2025: The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger An overview of the arguments against the current AI industry. I suspect, though, that those who want to make …

Jun 28, 2025: “Fleeting" Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/150s, ISO 1000. Shot on Amanda’s Trail. #mbjune Day 28: ephemeral 📷

Jun 27, 2025: The Box Right now this is satire. But it’s not all that far off from what some of the tech bro idiots would like to sell.

Jun 27, 2025: Finished: The Fourth Protocol, by Frederick Forsyth 📚. Forsyth died this month, so I tossed this one on the stack to reread. I’m glad I did. …

Jun 27, 2025: Trump signals full steam ahead after momentous Supreme Court decision No surprise there. Meanwhile I expect a whole lot of class action suits are …

Jun 27, 2025: “Keep Up!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/800s, ISO 1000. Snowy plovers out for a collective run along the surf at John …

Jun 26, 2025: “Dusty Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 500. What’s left of a section of the Rigdon Lakes …

Jun 26, 2025: “Missing Trees” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 20mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 320. Upper Rigdon Lake (trees are missing due to the 2022 …

Jun 26, 2025: “Oregon Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. Diamond Peak behind Waldo Lake.

Jun 26, 2025: “Hang on” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/9, 1/400s, ISO 2500. Along the Deception Butte trail.

Jun 26, 2025: Finished: Bull Mountain, by Brian Panowich 📚. Multi-generational novel revolving around a family of outlaws in Georgia who move from moonshine to pot …

Jun 26, 2025: “Peaceful” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/20s, ISO 640. Bridge over Deception Creek. #mbjune Day 26: bridge 📷

Jun 25, 2025: “Lunch Counter” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens with MC-20 teleconverter @ 629mm, f/12.6, 1/500, ISO 800. Turkey vultures with …

Jun 24, 2025: “Burnt Diamond” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 100mm, f/11, 1/640, ISO 320. Diamond Peak through standing dead …

Jun 24, 2025: “Posing” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 500. At the Deception Butte trailhead.

Jun 24, 2025: Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say The Trump administration has already branded …

Jun 24, 2025: Finished: Mercies in Disguise, by Gina Kolata 📚. The story of a family with an inherited prion disease, intercut with the history of prion research. …

Jun 24, 2025: The $50 Billion Company That Does Almost Nothing In case you’re unclear on why stablecoins are a scam, this should help.

Jun 24, 2025: Trump to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ which protects 58 million acres of forest land I try not to hate people, but I’m certainly not fond …

Jun 24, 2025: “Fuzzy Bear” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 320. Bear grass at the top of Deception Butte. #mbjune …

Jun 23, 2025: Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump deporting migrants to countries not their own Yeah, fuck the conservative supermajority. Leonard Leo should rot in …

Jun 23, 2025: Tesla Robotaxi Day 1: Significant Screw-up Oops. To be fair, I don’t think this tells us much about the future of autonomous vehicles, because …

Jun 23, 2025: “Blocks” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 320. Along the Eugene to Crest Trail #mbjune Day 23: fracture 📷

Jun 22, 2025: Almost halfway through the year, I have taken 8,283 photos. 474 (5.7%) of them were good enough (in my not very humble opinion) to work up as …

Jun 22, 2025: “Minaret” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/11, 1/60, ISO 2000. Horsetail fern at Mount …

Jun 22, 2025: “Nature and Man” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/10, 1/30, ISO 125. BPA power lines at Mount Pisgah.

Jun 22, 2025: “Hot Day for a Small Bug” Olympus TG6 @ 16.8mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. I think this is an Obscure Darkling Beetle, which seems like a …

Jun 22, 2025: “Walk This Way” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 250. Snowy plover at Oregon Dunes.

Jun 22, 2025: “Glowing” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 320. Scotch broom seedpods at Oregon Dunes.

Jun 22, 2025: “Eugene” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm lens @ f/11, 1/250, ISO 200. Eugene from Spencer Butte, with Mt. Jefferson in the background. I’ve …

Jun 21, 2025: “Merry-Go-Round” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens with Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/22, 1/15, ISO 2000. Along the Ridgeline …

Jun 21, 2025: “Spores” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens with Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/3.2, 1/250, ISO 1600. Along the Ridgeline Trail.

Jun 21, 2025: “Climbing the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4, 1/250, ISO 160. Along the Ridgeline Trail.

Jun 21, 2025: Dr. Demento, Madcap Radio DJ Who Launched Weird Al’s Career, Announces Retirement End of an era. I can remember passing petitions around my high …

Jun 21, 2025: “Lord of All I Survey” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/20, 1/200, ISO 800. Shot at the top of Spencer Butte.

Jun 21, 2025: “Give Me All Your Nuts” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/3.5, 1/4000, ISO 400. Shot at the top of Spencer Butte.

Jun 21, 2025: “Pareidolia” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/9, 1/60, ISO 1250. A tree. Also the silhouette of a gorilla. Seen on the …

Jun 20, 2025: “Welcome!” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 800. Larkspur on Lowder Mountain.

Jun 20, 2025: Finished: Between Dawn and Sunrise, by James Branch Cabell 📚. By some lists this is the final volume of Cabell’s massive Biography of Manuel …

Jun 20, 2025: Finished: Top Secret, by Ralph Ingersoll 📚. A novel (to me) look at the WWII Allied invasion of Europe from the perspective of a staff officer who …

Jun 20, 2025: Judge rejects ‘Duffy Directive’ tying DOT grants to immigration cooperation Appeals court allows Trump to keep National Guard deployed, for now The …

Jun 20, 2025: Finished: Puppetmaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, by Richard Hack 📚. A straightforward history of a man who believed in authoritarian rule …

Jun 20, 2025: “Cafeteria” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 1600. A spot on the French Pete trail where a squirrel spent time …

Jun 19, 2025: “Pom-Pom” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 800. Bluehead Gilia on Lowder Mountain.

Jun 19, 2025: “The Missing Dwarf” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/5.6, 1/60s, ISO 500. Along the Quaking Aspen Trail.

Jun 19, 2025: “Twinsies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320, ISO 640. Twinflower along Elk Creek Trail. #mbjune Day 19: equal 📷

Jun 18, 2025: “Yellow” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/320s, ISO 160. Glacier Lily in a meadow near the top of Lowder Mountain.

Jun 18, 2025: “Split View” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 500. Sign at the intersection with Lowder Mountain trail.

Jun 18, 2025: “Delicate” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 1600. One of the many flower spikes of Coralroot Orchid along …

Jun 18, 2025: “Gnarled” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 30mm, f/5, 1/1000s, ISO 250. Shot at the shore of Waldo Lake. #mbjune Day 18: texture 📷

Jun 17, 2025: “Antics” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 500. At Salt Creek Falls.

Jun 17, 2025: “Not a Pine Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/800s, ISO 6400. This is actually a clump of mushroom caps along …

Jun 17, 2025: “Life is a Struggle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 320. Along the Elk Creek Trail.

Jun 17, 2025: “You Can’t See Me” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Tiny spider photobombs my picture of a …

Jun 17, 2025: “Mink Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. About 8 miles back in the Three Sisters Wilderness.

Jun 17, 2025: “Lizard Land” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 29mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 250. Old lava flow soaking up the sun at Salt Creek Falls. #mbjune Day …

Jun 16, 2025: Trump: ‘There would be no war’ if Russia were in G8 Speaking of bullshit…

Jun 16, 2025: Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone The alleged phone specs are bullshit and the mobile plan is a crap deal. But setting that …

Jun 16, 2025: Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back Always happy to see more positive zine coverage, even though I’m long out of it …

Jun 16, 2025: “Amtrak Synphony” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 2s, ISO 800. Lights outside and inside the train and a blurry ghost of the …

Jun 15, 2025: ICE Will Pause Farm, Restaurant Raids After Trump Social Media Post So… People fleeing oppressive regimes that will probably kill them = …

Jun 15, 2025: “Walk This Way” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/9, 1/25s, ISO 1250. Flagging tape tied in bushes to mark the overgrown Fisher Creek …

Jun 14, 2025: “Salt Creek Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200.

Jun 14, 2025: Finished: Annals of the Heechee, by Frederik Pohl 📚. The Heechee Saga was never one of my favorites, but I spotted this in the used bookstore and …

Jun 14, 2025: “Acrophobics Beware” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/135s, ISO 1600. Viewing platform along the Salt Creek Falls …

Jun 14, 2025: “Sleeping Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 3.2s, ISO 200. Lowell Covered Bridge in the pre-dawn light. #mbjune Day 14: …

Jun 13, 2025: “Some day I will grow up and join them” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/400s, ISO 250. Viewpoint off Diamond Creek …

Jun 13, 2025: Finished: Count Luckner: The Sea Devil, by Lowell Thomas 📚. The (mostly?) true story of a German naval officer who commanded a sailing ship that the …

Jun 13, 2025: “Squirrel Condo” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 6400. Douglas Squirrels along the Diamond Creek Falls …

Jun 13, 2025: “Snowmelt Cascade” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 4000. Fall Creek near the Vivian Lake Trail.

Jun 13, 2025: “Cliff View” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/2s, ISO 200. Fall Creek Falls.

Jun 13, 2025: Finished: To Climates Unknown, by Arturo Serrano 📚. I’m generally a fan of alternate history, but the technology in this one is so preposterous …

Jun 13, 2025: This Revolutionary New Telescope Will Observe the Whole Sky Every Three Days Terabytes of data per night. I’m glad there are still things like …

Jun 13, 2025: “Mystery” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2.5s, ISO 1250. Fisher Creek Trail #mbjune Day 13: pathway 📷

Jun 12, 2025: As of today I have hiked over 750 miles this year. That probably explains why my feet hurt.

Jun 12, 2025: “Hiding” Olympus E-M10 IV with 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/7.1, 1/200s, ISO 500. Steller’s Jay at Spencer Butte.. #mbjune Day 12: hidden 📷

Jun 11, 2025: “Around the Bend” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 100. Shot at the Vivian Lake Trail crossing.

Jun 11, 2025: Finished: War, by Sebastian Junger 📚. The story of a single platoon engaged in heavy combat in Afghanistan, told by a reporter who spent months …

Jun 11, 2025: “Stumpseat” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 20mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 2500. Chainsaw art along the Diamond Creek Falls Trail.

Jun 11, 2025: Entire Fullbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference Another Congressionally-mandated, bipartisan, democratic institution …

Jun 11, 2025: US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns ‘democracy under assault’ I think most of us knew democracy was under assault last …

Jun 11, 2025: Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for making AI ripoffs of their biggest characters I hope Midjourney gets sued out of existence - along with every …

Jun 11, 2025: “Mind the Edge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/8, 1/15s, ISO 250. Top of a small waterfall near Salt Creek Falls.

Jun 11, 2025: How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid A guide from WIRED.

Jun 11, 2025: “Memory” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.1mm, f/3.2, 1/200s, ISO 100. Remnant of an old homestead in Suzanne Arlie Park. #mbjune Day 11: brick 📷

Jun 10, 2025: “Rooted Man” Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/50s, ISO 1000. Oregon Manroot growing over a fern along the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jun 10, 2025: “Pristine” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 125mm, f/11, 1/259s, ISO 200. Safety railing around the railroad tracks in Truckee, seen from …

Jun 9, 2025: “Lost on a Yellow Planet” Olympus TG-6 @ 11.9mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO 125. Tiny fly in a balsam root flower along the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jun 9, 2025: “Peeled” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 800. Harvest Brodiaea (I think) along the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jun 9, 2025: Finished: The Boys of Everest, by Clint Willis 📚. A history of (some) British climbers from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. The author is a …

Jun 9, 2025: “Good Morning” Olympus TG-6 @ 8.4mm, f/4.5, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Columbia Lily along the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jun 9, 2025: “The Trail Entices” Olympus TG-6 @ 4.5mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 200. Trail at Mount Pisgah.

Jun 9, 2025: “Sand in the Gears” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/125s, ISO 125. Driftwood near the John Dellenback Dunes Trail. #mbjune Day …

Jun 8, 2025: One sign that I’ve been vegan for many years: tofu-based “cheese” sauce actually tastes pretty good on noodles.

Jun 8, 2025: “Candystick” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 2000. Close-up of the weird and wonderful candystick plant …

Jun 8, 2025: “Who Dat?” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8, 1/40s, ISO 320. The best travel is foot travel. This is me on the Cummins Creek Trail a …

Jun 8, 2025: “Bears and Diamonds” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/16, 1/1250s, ISO 2500. Diamond Peak over flowering bear grass along …

Jun 8, 2025: “Moonscape” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 250. A high-intensity burn scar on the Eugene to Crest Trail …

Jun 8, 2025: Trump deploys National Guard to quell Los Angeles area ICE raid protests Looks like we’ve reached the “military occupation” stage of …

Jun 7, 2025: “Steepness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/50s, ISO 4000. Looking back at steep switchbacks on the Eugene to Crest Trail. …

Jun 6, 2025: Supreme Court hands DOGE big wins in Social Security, records cases If we’re getting this shit on the shadow docket, I can only imagine how bad …

Jun 6, 2025: Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill It’s so cute watching Senators pretend that the Trump administration will …

Jun 6, 2025: 13 House Republicans urge Senate to save green credits “We hope you grow the spine that we couldn’t find when we voted against …

Jun 6, 2025: “Rest Time” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 41mm, f/14, 1/160s, ISO 320. Middle Sister, South Sister, Broken Top and Ball Butte …

Jun 6, 2025: “Lilies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO 250. Subalpine Mariposa Lilies (I think) at a high point on …

Jun 6, 2025: Finished: Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, by Richard D. White, Jr. 📚. Long was basically Donald Trump 90 years earlier: elected on a populist …

Jun 6, 2025: “Chow Time” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 6400. Veiled polypore fungus on burnt standing tree on Bunchgrass Ridge, …

Jun 5, 2025: “Reflected Sadness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 320. Unnamed lake in the Separation fire burn scar near Foley …

Jun 4, 2025: “A Bad Place to Sprout” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 24mm, f/5, 1/320s, ISO 320. Along the Foley Ridge Trail

Jun 4, 2025: “Separation Point” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 300mm, f/11.5, 1/400s, ISO 800. …

Jun 4, 2025: “Ex-forest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.0, 1/1000s, ISO 500. Snow in the Separation fire burn scar between Proxy …

Jun 4, 2025: “Recovery” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/6.3, 1/25s, ISO 250. A new tree struggling to life in the devastated area of the …

Jun 4, 2025: “Famous Forty” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/13, 1/15s, ISO 1600. Some of the Oz books. I read the entire 40 canonical books to my …

Jun 3, 2025: “Buttgall” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/500s, ISO 250. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

Jun 3, 2025: Finished: Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe 📚. The definitive edition of the Swords Trilogy, the first part of Corum’s story. It’s …

Jun 3, 2025: Finished: Unknown Valor, by Martha MacCallum 📚. Pretty straightforward history of the Pacific Teater in WWII, interspersed with the story of some of …

Jun 3, 2025: “Tree Wings” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/2500s, ISO 2000. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

Jun 3, 2025: Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers Fuck Meta. If your business model depends on hacking my browser and spying …

Jun 3, 2025: Trump pardons Florida divers who freed sharks There’s something deeply symbolic about this.

Jun 3, 2025: “Sunrise” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/1250s, ISO 800. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

Jun 3, 2025: “Love in a Shadow” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/4000s, ISO 100. Shot on my back deck. #mbjune Day 3: shadow 📷

Jun 2, 2025: “‘Scuse Me, I’m Using This Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4, 1/100s, ISO 320. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

Jun 2, 2025: Education Department declares June ‘Title IX Month’ Yes, they really do want to just completely erase LGBTQ+ people entirely. Fortunately, I expect …

Jun 2, 2025: “Loop the Loop” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/3.2, 1/400s, ISO 2000. Wild cucumber at Mt. Pisgah. #mbjune Day 2: curve 📷

Jun 1, 2025: Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone I hope all the people who helped elect this …

Jun 1, 2025: “Eugene Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/2500s, ISO 400. View from the top of Spencer Butte, with Mt. …

Jun 1, 2025: “Fake Litter” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 640. A group of the aptly-named Spring Orange Peel Fungus …

Jun 1, 2025: “Perching” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/5, 1/100s, ISO 100. Shot at Mt. Pisgah. #mbjune Day 1: tree 📷

Jun 1, 2025: “Trail Tunnels” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 800. Chucksney Mountain Trail.

May 31, 2025: “Snowmelt” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2000s, ISO 3200. Seasonal pond along Chucksney Mountain Trail.

May 31, 2025: “Ringing the Bells” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hooker’s Fairy Bells along the Chucksney …

May 31, 2025: “Cold Sisters” In-camera panorama from Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1600s, ISO 2000. North, Middle and …

May 30, 2025: “Nest of snakes” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 640. Close-up of red columbine flower near Alsea …

May 29, 2025: “Green Peak Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens @ f/9, 1/5s, ISO 100.

May 27, 2025: Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves Or to put it more bluntly, Garbage In, Garbage Out. Not that I expect garbage out will do …

May 27, 2025: What is the ‘TACO trade’ on Wall Street? It’s Trump Always Chickens Out, of course. I’ll bet every time he sees that smoke comes out of …

May 27, 2025: “Porch Friend” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 640. At Camp Yale.

May 27, 2025: RFK Jr. ends COVID shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women Killing children is going to be RFK Jr’s signature achievement. …

May 27, 2025: Finished: The New Year, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. A change of pace from her sweeping historical novels, this one is more of a modern romance. It tracks an …

May 27, 2025: “Fern Forest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 5000. Along a utility easement near Camp Yale.

May 27, 2025: The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search It’s good to have alternatives.

May 26, 2025: “Pearls” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 250. At the top of MacDuff Mountain.

May 26, 2025: America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real Two chewy essays that provide, I …

May 26, 2025: This functional Macintosh replica is just 2.4-inches tall. I am seriously impressed. I’ve been trying to cut down on the amount of spare …

May 26, 2025: “Ex-Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 1250. Along the East Fork Trail. There’s supposed to be a …

May 26, 2025: “There’s a Trail in There Somewhere” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 250. Along the East Fork Trail. …

May 26, 2025: “You Can’t Keep a Good Fern Down” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 800. Along the East Fork Trail.

May 25, 2025: “Spring Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 14005s, ISO 320. Olallie Trail with a foot or so of snow on the east side …

May 25, 2025: “Morel Season” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/5.6-6.3 lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, ISO 200. On the O’Leary Trail south of …

May 25, 2025: Finished: The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling 📚. A rip-roaring adventure tale set in an alternative-history sort-of-steampunk 2025 India, featuring …

May 23, 2025: “Sawtooth Ridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/5.6-6.3 lens @ 53mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Seen from the O’Leary Trail west of …

May 23, 2025: Finished: The Living Reed, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. A novelization of Korean history from 1881 to 1945, of which I knew essentially nothing before reading. …

May 22, 2025: “Mossy Elephants” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/5, 1/125s, ISO 3200. O’Leary Trail west of MacDuff Mountain.

May 22, 2025: Finished: The Rising Tide, by Jeff Shaara 📚. A historical novel covering WWII’s Mediterranean Front roughly from the tank battles of North …

May 22, 2025: “Starflower” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/15s, ISO 1600. O’Leary Trail west of MacDuff Mountain.

May 22, 2025: “Sand Two Bits” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/800s, ISO 100. At Baker Beach.

May 22, 2025: The US has a radio-free zone. If we had an AI-free zone, I’d move there.

May 22, 2025: “By-the-wind Sailor” Olympus TG-6 @ 7.8mm, f/4, 1/160s, ISO 200. At Baker Beach.

May 22, 2025: “Loneliness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/1600s, ISO 800. Shot at Baker Beach.

May 22, 2025: Judge: Trump Administration ‘Unquestionably’ Violated Court Order on Deportations And they’ll no doubt violate his order of remedies too. The …

May 22, 2025: Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago So the way to make America healthy again is just to claim that …

May 22, 2025: Trump administration accepts Qatari 747 to serve as Air Force One Even loud objections from (some) Republican members of Congress isn’t enough …

May 21, 2025: Nice 20-mile hike today. www.alltrails.com/explore/m… Photos will follow but right now I’m exhausted.

May 20, 2025: “Sea and Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/640s, ISO 320. Morning low tide at Baker Beach.

May 20, 2025: Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say It’s becoming increasingly apparent that this …

May 20, 2025: “Run Away!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 640. Snowy plovers on Baker Beach.

May 20, 2025: I’m 65 years old and just sewed on a button for the first time ever. It seems to have worked. Old dog, new tricks.

May 20, 2025: Worst interviewee tic: responding to every single question with “Yeah…well, ,,,” You’re stalling for time while you think of …

May 20, 2025: “Sentinels” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 640. Shot at the north end of Baker Beach.

May 19, 2025: Finished: Mawson’s Will, by Lennard Bickel 📚. The story of Douglas Mawson’s desperate slog across the Antarctic (featuring, among other …

May 18, 2025: “Anemones” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO 3200. Shot at Baker Beach.

May 18, 2025: “It’s my crab and you can’t have it” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 361mm, f/11, 1/2500s, ISO 6400. Shot at …

May 17, 2025: Watched the Eurovision Grand Final with my daughter - something we’ve done together for years, though this year it had to be via online chat …

May 17, 2025: “There’s a Reason for the Name” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 27mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 640. Devil’s Club coming up …

May 17, 2025: “Trail Work” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Along the Marys Peak North Ridge Trail.

May 17, 2025: “Coming and Going” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/10s, ISO 250. Along the Marys Peak East Ridge Trail.

May 16, 2025: “Octopus’s Garden” Olympus TG-6 @ 11.1mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO 160. Along the Sutton Creek Trail.

May 16, 2025: “Vegetable Cobra” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f//2.8 lens @ f5.6, 1/125s, ISO 320. Darlingtonia plant near Florence, Oregon.

May 16, 2025: “Can’t Keep a Good Tree Down” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f/11, 1/10s, ISO 1000. Along the Sutton Creek North …

May 16, 2025: “Paintbrush Rising” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/7.1, 1/80s, ISO 1600. Along the Sutton Creek North Trail.

May 16, 2025: “Rainy Rhodies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 34mm, f/11, 1/80s, ISO 320. Along the Sutton Creek North Trail

May 16, 2025: Flash Forest Reforestation by shooting seeds into the ground from 14-foot drones. Pretty nifty. Might be the only drone I wouldn’t mind seeing …

May 16, 2025: “Maybe Not the Best Spot” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/11, 1/80s, ISO 320. Along the Sutton Creek North Trail.

May 15, 2025: “Who You Lookin' At?” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 2500. Spotted in Dune Lake next to Alder Dune …

May 15, 2025: Finished: Lords of the North, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. In this installment the Saxon-Dane Uhtred gets his revenge on some of the Danes who mistreated …

May 15, 2025: Finished: Dreamers in Hell, ed. by Janet Morris - 16th book in this shared universe series, so you probably don’t want to start here. In this …

May 15, 2025: Dark matter formed when fast particles slowed down and got heavy, new theory says So basically this theory is another attack on junk food.

May 13, 2025: “The Gathering Storm” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 100. Near the top of Mt. Pisgah.

May 13, 2025: “Ready to Pop” Olympus TG-6 @ 11.1mm, f/3.6, 1/200s, ISO 800. Fringecup buds along a trail at Mt. Pisgah.

May 13, 2025: “Cat Ears” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, ISO 100. Elegant Mariposa Lily trailside at Mt. Pisgah.

May 13, 2025: “Sweeping View” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/250s, ISO 100. Trail at Mt. Pisgah leading into a meadow dotted with Scotch Broom.

May 13, 2025: “Ookow Rising” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/320s, ISO 100. Yes, this flower really is named the ookow. Taken on the trails at Mt. …

May 13, 2025: Finished: The Last Season, by Eric Blehm 📚. A look at the life and disappearance (and later remains recovery) of Randy Morgenson, a longtime …

May 12, 2025: Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought Another reason to avoid auto-renewing subscriptions.

May 11, 2025: Finished: Preface to the Past, by James Branch Cabell 📚. The title is quite literal; this book collects the prefaces to all of the books in the …

May 11, 2025: AI vs College Chatted with my college freshman child about AI, after reading Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College. They don’t use AI for writing …

May 11, 2025: “Diamond in the Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.5, 1/350s, ISO 200. View of Diamond Peak from the Hardesty Way …

May 11, 2025: Trump administration poised to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources Remember when bribery used to be …

May 11, 2025: Finished: The Pale Horseman, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. Second book in Cornwell’s series about the making of England in the ninth century. In this …

May 11, 2025: “Growth” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 31mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 640. Along the Lawler Trail.

May 11, 2025: Why so many photos? There are a few reasons why I post so many photos here: My aphantasia means that if I don’t take and save pictures, I have very little memory …

May 11, 2025: “Misty Woods” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the Lawler Trail.

May 11, 2025: “Stone Wave Breaking” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/7.1, 1/30s, ISO 400. Along the Lawler Trail.

May 10, 2025: “Into the Mist” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/20s, ISO 100. Taking a break along the Lawler trail.

May 10, 2025: “Bad Hair Crowd” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 400. Close-up of moss along the Lawler Trail.

May 10, 2025: “Hidden cafeteria” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 800. Bugs feasting in a skunk cabbage blossom along the Lawler Trail.

May 10, 2025: Looks like Oregon wildfire season is getting underway.

May 10, 2025: “Capturing the Sun” Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/125s, ISO 200. Fawn lily along the Lawler Trail.

May 10, 2025: “Helleboring” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 33mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. A small bit of a meadow full of white false hellebore …

May 9, 2025: “Spring Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/50s, ISO 1250. Along the Lawler Trail.

May 9, 2025: “Hound’s Tongue” Olympus TG-6 @ 12.7mm, f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 320. Along Lawler Trail.

May 8, 2025: ‘Fire season is here,’ Gov. Kotek declares May Wildfire Awareness Month, state prepares Ugh. The 2025 fire season is projected to be more intense …

May 7, 2025: Finished: Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny 📚. Another relatively minor Zelazny work, perhaps most notable for the protagonist Fred Cassidy, …

May 7, 2025: “Implied Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. South end of Cougar Reservoir at low water.

May 7, 2025: “Ceci ne pas un pont” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 2000. Missing bridge near the start of the East Fork …

May 7, 2025: Are seed oils unhealthy? Not from what I can tell. A professional nutritionist speaks truth to dummies. I cannot find convincing data that seed oils …

May 7, 2025: Voice of America planning partnership with OAN: Kari Lake So if they can’t just pull the plug on VOA, the new game plan is to drown it in a …

May 7, 2025: “Wild Strawberry” Olympus TG-6 @ 13.6mm, f/65.6, 1/320s, ISO 200. Along Echo Trail.

May 6, 2025: “Tribble” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/00s, ISO 1250. Along Echo Trail.

May 6, 2025: 58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump’s meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows Suckers are more frequent than one per minute …

May 6, 2025: Second judge bars Trump use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations I wonder if the administration will get the message that they’re breaking the …

May 6, 2025: Trump-appointed judge reaffirms order that admin seek return of 2nd wrongly deported man from El Salvador The Trump administration has now made is …

May 6, 2025: GOP leader: Trump pick to serve as U.S. attorney for DC won’t reach floor When you’re too much of an ignorant extremist for even the craven GOP …

May 6, 2025: Stephen Miller Unveils Totally Made-Up Definition of “Due Process” The sort of sociopathic clown that Trump means when he says he’s listening to …

May 6, 2025: The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada A Canadian author reflects on Trump’s threats. In short, a continental conflict would be an unmitigated act …

May 5, 2025: “Forest of Ferns” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/60s, ISO 800. Along Echo Trail.

May 5, 2025: Absolute worst thing about post-cholecystectomy digestion: inability to tolerate anything hotter than mild jalapeno sauces.

May 5, 2025: You’d think at my age I would know that when my tummy is upset due to overeating, more food will not make things better.

May 4, 2025: “Exploring” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/20s, ISO 640. Crane fly on Oregon grape flower along the Separation …

May 4, 2025: Email encouraging me to download an app for my vacuum cleaner: We’ve enhanced your Dyson experience. No. No, I don’t really think you …

May 4, 2025: “Calypso Duet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/20s, ISO 640. Separation Lake Trail.

May 4, 2025: “Welcome” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/10, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Vine maple along the old Separation Creek Trail.

May 4, 2025: Finished: Year of the Tiger, by Jack Higgins. 📚 This is early Higgins, written under the name of Martin Fallon and then re-issued under his name …

May 3, 2025: “Luckily I am not a Horse” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/6.3, 1/40s, ISO 250. Along the old (now decommissioned) …

May 3, 2025: “Echoes of Trees” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/13, 1/160s, ISO 1250. Separation Lake.

May 3, 2025: “Froggie Friend” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 1000. Cascades Frog along the Separation Lake Trail.

May 3, 2025: “Troll with Antennae” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f/9, 1/15s, ISO 3200. Separation Lake Trail.

May 3, 2025: “Fall Creek” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 250. Shot from the bridge at Bedrock Campground.

May 3, 2025: “Yellowleaf Iris” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 26mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Close to the Clark Butte trail.

May 3, 2025: Eugene police arrest man who brandished rifle-shaped object for disorderly conduct The object he was carrying turned out to be a bong in the shape of …

May 3, 2025: Oregon and Washington could be in for another destructive wildfire season Worrisome. I was on trails yesterday that shouldn’t have been …

May 3, 2025: A Double Win For Voters in Pennsylvania More good news in the fight against the MAGA voter-suppression efforts. This stuff scares me more than …

May 3, 2025: Group Founded by Trump Ally Stephen Miller Sues John Roberts in Bid to Control Courts Well, you have to give them points for creativity. Also …

May 3, 2025: U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids Because they can’t say the word …

May 3, 2025: Russia’s Medvedev says Trump’s statement about US World War Two role was ‘pretentious nonsense’ And he’s right. Not that …

May 3, 2025: Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US Another good idea we’re denied by living in a technologically backward country. I’d …

May 3, 2025: Finished: The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley 📚. I’m a sucker for a good time travel book, and this one is pretty good. Focused on the …

May 1, 2025: “The Trail Endures” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 320. One of the few portions of the Jones Trail still …

May 1, 2025: Finished: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. First book in Cornwell’s series about the making of Britain in the time of King Alfred. I …

May 1, 2025: Didn’t finish: The Insect Crisis, by Oliver Milman 📚. I think this could have made a really good long-form article somewhere like The Atlantic. …

May 1, 2025: Trying out Firefox with vertical tabs. I think I like it, but I wish I could put the bookmark window to the left of the tab window. My muscle memory …

May 1, 2025: “Fire is Not the End” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Close to the Clark Butte trail.

May 1, 2025: T. rex researchers eviscerate ‘misleading’ dinosaur leather announcement I’m shocked, shocked that there is lying going on in the …

Apr 30, 2025: Today I hiked 13.5 miles of basically obliterated trails. Perhaps not my best decision ever.

Apr 29, 2025: I just realized that Trump does have a plan to end illegal immigration: simply turn the USA into a worse shithole than anywhere else on the planet.

Apr 29, 2025: Finished: Eye of the Storm, by Jack Higgins 📚. The fictionalized story of the 1991 mortar attack on #10 Downing Street. Higgins brings in many of his …

Apr 29, 2025: House Transportation proposes to include $20 per vehicle fee in GOP megabill Oh look, another regressive tax!

Apr 29, 2025: Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now Bezos answered the White House by rolling over and showing his belly and whimpering. The …

Apr 29, 2025: Amnesty International warns of global human rights crisis as ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive trends The Trump administration’s anti-rights …

Apr 29, 2025: Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Suicide Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth Beginning October 2025 Literal erasure in action.

Apr 29, 2025: Color additives banned? Not exactly. Marion Nestle (who has been a nutrition researcher and writer for decades) looks at what RFK Jr’s …

Apr 29, 2025: Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as “dangerous dictator,” poll says The other 48% are in denial. (And yes, I’m cherry-picking the …

Apr 29, 2025: White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: ‘Hostile and political act’ How’s that sucking up going for you, Mr. Bezos?

Apr 28, 2025: US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment, email says Because the Trump/Musk administration wants everything to burn down literally as …

Apr 28, 2025: Michigan Democrat files articles of impeachment against Trump Good for you, Mr. Thanedar. At this point, I don’t care how quixotic this is. …

Apr 28, 2025: Put an Old-School BBS on Meshtastic Radio Tempting. Many many years ago I ran a dialup BBS on a Heathkit H-89 computer using Tom Jennings’s …

Apr 28, 2025: A nearby dark molecular cloud in the Local Bubble revealed via H2 fluorescence Gotta love astronomers: “nearby” in this case means about …

Apr 28, 2025: “Howl” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/10, 1/25s, ISO 2500. Birds Nest Fungi along the Sweet Creek Falls trail.

Apr 27, 2025: “Vegetable Pigtail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/16, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Along the Sweet Creek Falls Trail.

Apr 27, 2025: “Amanita Goblin” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 3200. Along the Crawfish Trail.

Apr 27, 2025: “Starry Starry Moss” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/80s, ISO 1600. Along the Adams Mountain Trail.

Apr 26, 2025: “Misty Mountain Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/80s, ISO 3200. Along the Adams Mountain Trail.

Apr 26, 2025: Finished: The Dream Master, by Roger Zelazny 📚. Not IMO one of Zelazny’s better works, even if it did win the Nebula; this story of a …

Apr 25, 2025: A Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why? Why? Because AI is quickly turning our ability to distinguish truth to mush.

Apr 25, 2025: “Go Away I’m Bzzy” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/320s, ISO 100. Trailside at Mount Pisgah.

Apr 25, 2025: “Camas Road” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/200s, ISO 100. Along the base of Mount Pisgah.

Apr 25, 2025: Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse Have some more police state shit.

Apr 25, 2025: Warhol print accidentally thrown away by Dutch town hall Oops. And it wasn’t even a soup can. That’d be understandable.

Apr 25, 2025: Trump insists China called, and trade deals are weeks away: Time interview China tells Trump: If you want trade talks, cancel tariffs I never …

Apr 25, 2025: “Monkeyflower” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 160. Trailside at Mount Pisgah.

Apr 24, 2025: “Floral Firework” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 19mm, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 400. Purple Sanicle flower trailside at Mount …

Apr 24, 2025: “Hazy Valley” Olympus TG6 @ 13.6mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 100. View from atop Mount Pisgah.

Apr 24, 2025: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 18mm, f4.9, 1/250s, ISO 800. On the trail at Mount Pisgah.

Apr 24, 2025: Trump Organization is selling 2028 hats If you think this is just a joke, you haven’t been paying very close attention.

Apr 24, 2025: Judge pauses parts of Trump’s sweeping executive order on voting More sanity from the judiciary.

Apr 24, 2025: AI models can learn to conceal information from their users This should not surprise anyone. The whole notion of “alignment” (convincing …

Apr 23, 2025: Finished: Townsend of Lichfield, by James Branch Cabell 📚. This volume of Cabell’s collected works starts with an essay explaining why the …

Apr 23, 2025: Finished: Imperial Woman, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. Next up in my trip through Buck’s major works is this romantic novel of Tzu Hsi (these days …

Apr 23, 2025: Finished: Conquistador, by S.M. Stirling 📚. This alternate history is one of several that Stirling has written with the general theme of “what …

Apr 23, 2025: “Me! Me! Pick Me!” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/25s, ISO 640. Along the Fisher Creek Trail.

Apr 23, 2025: “Fungus Family” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/10, 1/3s, ISO 800. Along the Fisher Creek Trail.

Apr 23, 2025: “Trail Ends Here…for now” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/60s, ISO 250. Waldo Lake Wilderness somewhere …

Apr 23, 2025: Are watermelon seeds the next breakthrough in plant-based milk? I think the word “milk” has jumped the shark at this point.

Apr 23, 2025: “Dodgy Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/15s, ISO 2500. Crossing Fisher Creek at the edge of the Waldo Lake …

Apr 23, 2025: Finished: The Weight of Glory, by C.S. Lewis 📚. Lewis remains my favorit Christian apologist, and this collection of sermons and addresses from the …

Apr 23, 2025: Finished: The Harrad Experiment, by Robert H. Rimmer 📚. Finished: The Harrad Experiment, by Robert H. Rimmer 📚. I was given this copy of the “Sex Manifesto for the Free Love Generation” (as the …

Apr 22, 2025: Tesla earnings plunge 71 percent in first quarter As my children say: “sucks to suck.”

Apr 22, 2025: Finished: Taj Mahal by Diana & Michael Preston 📚. This one turned out to be much more than a history of the Taj - the authors place it in the …

Apr 22, 2025: Team Trump Drafts Dystopian Plan to Get Women to Have More Babies Surprise, surprise - Dobbs was not, in fact, the end of state control of the uterus.

Apr 21, 2025: Finished: Immortality Inc. by Robert Sheckley 📚. Sheckley wrote absurdist SF, and I find myself rereading his novels every five years or so. This is …

Apr 21, 2025: Trump blasts Supreme Court while arguing trials for migrants ‘not possible’ Well this is chilling: the President is saying flat-out that due process …

Apr 20, 2025: Finished: Is Paris Burning? by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre 📚. The story of the liberation of Paris in 1944, with most attention focused on …

Apr 20, 2025: In other “how stupid do they think we are?” news: Emmer disagrees with Van Hollen, says Abrego Garcia was given due process Presumably …

Apr 20, 2025: Alito says the recent Supreme Court order barring further flights under the Alien Enemies Act was not “necessary or appropriate.” Except, …

Apr 20, 2025: “Pioneer” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 800. Along the Lake Linton trail.

Apr 20, 2025: “Lake Linton” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens plus CPL filter @ 14mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 320.

Apr 19, 2025: “Someone Owes the Government $250” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/5, 1/50s, ISO 4000. At the 3272' level along OR …

Apr 19, 2025: “Cool Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/4s, ISO 320. Base of Lower Proxy Falls.

Apr 18, 2025: “Lil' Buddy” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 2000. On the side of Oregon 242 between Proxy Falls and …

Apr 17, 2025: “Too Large” Olympus E-M10 IV, 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/11, 1/20s, ISO 200. Along the Shale Ridge trail.

Apr 16, 2025: Google just arbitrarily switched on Gemini on my phone. Do Not Want. Took ten minutes in settings to eviscerate it. I’m about at the point where …

Apr 15, 2025: Blackmagic Design says tariffs have made camera price hikes ‘unavoidable’ And also, they’re rethinking plans to build a US factory. Literally …

Apr 15, 2025: The CVE program for tracking security flaws is about to lose federal funding What could possibly go wrong?

Apr 15, 2025: Pronouns in some reporters' email signatures get a stony response from Trump administration The Trump/Musk administration continues to display an …

Apr 14, 2025: Harvard rejects Trump demands for funding How sad is it that one institution fighting back against the fascists is a major win? It’s a major …

Apr 14, 2025: The rule of law is pretty much dead in the USA Trump, Bukele say they won’t return mistakenly deported man to US As if we couldn’t strong-arm El Salvador into doing anything we want to keep …

Apr 14, 2025: Trump says CBS should lose license after ’60 Minutes’ segments on Ukraine, Greenland Just in case you didn’t already have “assault on a …

Apr 14, 2025: China, Vietnam sign agreements on supply chains, railway cooperation Not sure this is what the administration had in mind when they said there would …

Apr 13, 2025: Finished: Straws and Prayer-Books, by James Branch Cabell 📚. This is one of the later volumes in the massive Biography of Manuel, and it’s a …

Apr 13, 2025: “Streamside” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 25mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Along Cummins Creek.

Apr 13, 2025: “Root Stairs” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/20s, ISO 5000. Cape Perpetua Cummins Loop Trail.

Apr 13, 2025: Artisan, the ‘stop hiring humans’ AI agent startup, raises $25M — and is still hiring humans Looking kinda frothy out there, isn’t it? This is …

Apr 13, 2025: US Commerce Secretary says exempted electronic products to come under separate tariffs He was literally being contradicted by another administration …

Apr 13, 2025: “Future Salmonberry” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 34mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 500. Cape Perpetua Discovery Loop Trail..

Apr 13, 2025: “Along the Coast” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 250. At Stonefield Beach.

Apr 13, 2025: “Calypso and Friend” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 29mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the Shotgun Creek Trail.

Apr 12, 2025: “Hitchhiker” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 250. Sharing the trail at Shotgun Creek.

Apr 12, 2025: Finished: John Adams Under Fire, by Dan Abrams 📚. A deep dive into how Adams defended the soldiers who were charged with murder in the incident that …

Apr 12, 2025: Finished: Bridge Over Hell by Michael A. Armstrong 📚 Another bizarre entry in the long-running Heroes in Hell shared universe. This one features the …

Apr 11, 2025: “Fungus Fireworks” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/10s, ISO 1000. Along the Shotgun Creek trail.

Apr 11, 2025: “Crystal Clear” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/9, 1/40s, ISO 640. Snowmelt in Roney Creek along the Horse Creek …

Apr 11, 2025: “Early Spring Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 20mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 320. In the Three Sisters Wilderness on the Horse …

Apr 11, 2025: “Bridge to Wilderness” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 27mm, f/9, 1/6s, ISO 800. Entering the Three Sisters Wilderness on the …

Apr 10, 2025: “You Shall Not Pass” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 40mm, f/13, 1/50s, ISO 5000. Along the Dead Mountain Trail.

Apr 10, 2025: “I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/7.1, 1/50s, ISO 500. …

Apr 10, 2025: Finished: Dissolution by Nicholas Binge 📚. This was an unexpectedly delightful science fiction novel, featuring time travel via immersion in perfect …

Apr 10, 2025: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/13, 1/80s, ISO 160. Shot from the Dead …

Apr 10, 2025: Trump Backs Off Most of His Dumb Tariffs—but What’s Left Is Still Bad Indeed. Let’s see how long it takes the stock market to figure that out. …

Apr 9, 2025: “Who says violets need to be purple?” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation Area.

Apr 9, 2025: “Fawn Lily” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation Area.

Apr 9, 2025: “Camas Lily” Olympus TG6 @ 9.6mm, f/3.3, 1/200s, ISO 160. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation Area.

Apr 9, 2025: NYT: Asked why he decided on a pause, President Trump says, “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting …

Apr 9, 2025: Trump announces pause in tariffs; markets jump It was what, two days ago that he said he’d never back down? At this point, it’s …

Apr 9, 2025: RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’ He left out the words “of what not to do.” And lest we …

Apr 8, 2025: Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say Two bad tastes that taste worse together.

Apr 7, 2025: “Scotch Broom” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/16, 1/160s, ISO 500. Along the Tahkenitch Dunes Trail.

Apr 6, 2025: “Gigeresque” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 320. Along the beach near Tahkenitch Dunes.

Apr 6, 2025: “Barnacle Bouquet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/320s, ISO 320. Along the beach near Tahkenitch Dunes.

Apr 6, 2025: Federal judge in scathing decision calls Trump’s deportation of Salvadoran man ‘wholly lawless’ Not that the administration appears to give a shit. I …

Apr 6, 2025: “Framed Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f5.6, 1/160s, ISO 250. Along the Threemile Lake North Trail.

Apr 6, 2025: “Fuzzy Bells” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f5.6, 1/100s, ISO 200. Along the Threemile Lake North Trail.

Apr 6, 2025: “You Can’t See Me” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f5.6, 1/80s, ISO 6400

Apr 5, 2025: I started buying things via Amazon back when they only sold books. I try hard not to waste my limited time on this earth with regrets, but if I were …

Apr 5, 2025: Just cancelled all of my Amazon subscriptions. It’s just a tiny thing, but I don’t need to be giving money to billionaires who kiss …

Apr 5, 2025: Hundreds of protestors lining Hwy 101 for at least a mile in Florence, Oregon this afternoon. And a dozen or so in tiny Veneta. Even in deep-blue …

Apr 5, 2025: DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data Oh, and they’re bringing in right-wing military contractors …

Apr 5, 2025: ‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre’ Her advice to anyone …

Apr 4, 2025: An update on our economic outlook J.P. Morgan goes on the record predicting a recession for this year. Folks who are too young to remember what 2007 …

Apr 4, 2025: “The Road Ahead” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 1250. In the North Bank Habitat Management Area.

Apr 4, 2025: Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants File under “No, the courts are not going to save us.”

Apr 4, 2025: “Roads Not Taken” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 160

Apr 4, 2025: Trump delays TikTok ban again Apparently the unitary executive theory includes “you can make up whatever laws you want and Congress won’t …

Apr 4, 2025: Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington compares Jan. 6 charges to Japanese internment Because why should a little thing like an understanding of …

Apr 4, 2025: “This Way to the Clear Cut” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 320. Seen from the North Bank …

Apr 4, 2025: Yesterday I learned that Americans spend roughly 10 times as much on lottery scratch tickets as they do on pizza. This baffles me. I don’t eat …

Apr 4, 2025: Finished: Orange is the New Black 📚. I’ve never seen the TV show, and given that I watch zero TV, I never will. To be honest, I wasn’t …

Apr 4, 2025: “All Your Pollen Belongs to Me” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 1250. At the North Bank Wildlife …

Apr 2, 2025: The NaNoWriMo organization is shutting down Sad news. I completed NaNoWriMo 4 or 5 times - never anything really publishable, but I always enjoyed it.

Apr 1, 2025: Finished reading: The Mother 📚. Another of Pearl S. Buck’s novels of rural China in the pre-Communist era, this one is mainly a pretty …

Apr 1, 2025: Screen time in bed linked to worse sleep, study finds This is news?

Apr 1, 2025: Finished reading: Arc Light 📚. Given the current occupants of the White House & Kremlin, it probably wasn’t my smartest move to read a …

Apr 1, 2025: “After the Storm” Olympus TG6 @ 12.7mm, f/3.9, 1/200s, ISO 100. Along the trail in Suzanne Arlie Park.

Mar 31, 2025: “No Parking” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/125s, ISO 200. In Suzanne Arlie Park.

Mar 31, 2025: “Embrace” Olympus TG6 @ 11.1mm, f/3.6, 1/250s, ISO 500. At the edge of Suzanne Arlie Park.

Mar 31, 2025: “Catenaries” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. At the edge of Suzanne Arlie Park.

Mar 31, 2025: “Oregon Sky” Olympus TG6 @ 15.7mm, f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 100. View from Mt. Baldy.

Mar 31, 2025: Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback In case you missed the voter suppression executive order (you’re forgiven; there’s a lot …

Mar 31, 2025: “Sun at Pinard Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/9, 1/125s, ISO 1250

Mar 31, 2025: Trump is ‘not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can’t serve I see the administration found a way to knock …

Mar 30, 2025: “It’s Jelly Time (no PB)” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 2500

Mar 30, 2025: Finished reading: The Lineage of Lichfield 📚. This is a rather minor bit of Cabelliana. I’m linking to the archive.org copy; to get it in print …

Mar 30, 2025: Everybody in the Pool This climate podcast is my weekly dose of optimism. Instead of giving out the doom and gloom, Molly Wood focuses on solutions. …

Mar 30, 2025: “Capturing the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 400

Mar 29, 2025: This is also Spirit Falls. Same camera, same lens, but stitched together from two 2 second exposures at 29mm, f/9.0, ISO 100. There’s some art …

Mar 29, 2025: Spirit Falls Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/80s, ISO 5000

Mar 29, 2025: It is oddly comforting to know, after all these years, that Scripting News is still updating regularly and still publishing RSS. I wonder how many …

Mar 29, 2025: Finished reading: Elric: The Moonbeam Roads 📚. Another of my retirement projects is to read through the definitive author’s editions of Michael …

Mar 29, 2025: “Steps to Nowhere” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 17mm, f/4.5, 1/500s, ISO 400. Along FR 5821 near Lookout Point Reservoir.

Mar 29, 2025: Garmin’s online map shows a point for the “Willamette Divide Trail,” for which there is no information online (just sketchy mapping …

Mar 29, 2025: Fortunately, I live in Oregon, so there are always waterfalls to improve things. This is Moon Falls - I also hiked to Spirit Falls and Pinard Falls …

Mar 28, 2025: Finished reading: The Cream of the Jest 📚. I do seem to be tearing through the James Branch Cabell lately. This one firmly ties his Lichfield novels …

Mar 28, 2025: “Horsetail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 4000. Along FR 5824 near the Eugene to Crest Trail.

Mar 28, 2025: Much of my post-move life is perfectly described by the notion of putting ten pounds of shit in a five-pound sack. Maybe downsizing will be done …

Mar 28, 2025: Sourdough Sidekick I’ve managed to keep a sourdough starter going for years now (including a cross-country move) without a $160 gadget. I think …

Mar 28, 2025: With so many years in the industry, you’d think I could write simple Markdown without needing three tries. You’d be wrong.

Mar 28, 2025: Musk: Trump will ‘go after’ people ‘pushing the lies’ about Tesla Apparently co-President Musk thinks it’s terrorism to tell people they …

Mar 28, 2025: “We’re Watching You” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/5, 1/60s, ISO 1000. Along FR 5824 near the Eugene to Crest …

Mar 27, 2025: Finished reading: Brain on Fire 📚. This one initially seems to be in the “I had psychiatric problems but survived” genre. But then it …

Mar 27, 2025: “Embrace” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/6.3, 1/13s, ISO 2000. Along the Eugene to Crest Trail.

Mar 27, 2025: White House withdrawing Stefanik nomination to serve as US ambassador to UN Because they’re worried they might lose a special election in a …

Mar 27, 2025: Steakholder Foods Secures $250,000 Grant Installment for 3D-Printed Eel Alternatives On the one hand, I’m happy to see more cruelty-free meat …

Mar 27, 2025: I see the online April Fools jokes have already started. Remember folks, 99% of you aren’t as hilarious as you think you are.

Mar 26, 2025: Might be about time to re-read some Saul Alinsky.

Mar 26, 2025: Justice Department goes to bat for Trump in hush money case With all the other shit going down, it’s easy to forget that co-President Trump is …

Mar 26, 2025: Democrat members of Congress are calling for an investigation of Signalgate by the DOD Inspector General. Perhaps they’ve forgotten that the …

Mar 26, 2025: Micro.blog has been a trouble-free pleasure for a month. Upping my subscription to yearly. Thanks @manton!

Mar 26, 2025: Finished reading: The Whisper of the Axe 📚. I’d guess most people only know Richard Condon thanks to THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, but he wrote a …

Mar 25, 2025: Finished reading: The Eagle’s Shadow 📚. Though this was Jame Branch Cabell’s first published novel, it comes comparatively late in the …

Mar 25, 2025: “Visitor” Olympus E-M10 IV, Meike 25mm f/1.8 lens with Viltrox 250 macro lens, 1/320s, ISO 100. Along Eugene’s Ridgeline Trail.

Mar 25, 2025: Bubble Trouble The bear case on big generative AI. I think he may be overindexing on DeepSeek, but the general point (that it is very unlikely all the …

Mar 25, 2025: “Contemplation” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 2s, ISO 500. Salmon Creek Falls.

Mar 24, 2025: It’s spring. Even the leopard slugs are out smelling the flowers. Olympus E-M10 IV, Meike 25mm f/1.8 lens, 1/100s, ISO 160. Along Eugene’s …

Mar 24, 2025: Didn’t finish: The In-Between 📚. I’m interested in the subject (end-of-life care), and more so as I get older. Despite which, I gave up on …

Mar 24, 2025: “Inside of a Skunk” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 500. Along Whispering Spruce Trail.

Mar 24, 2025: “Coltsfoot” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/9, 1/40s, ISO 800. Along Saint Perpetua Trail.

Mar 23, 2025: Finished: The Last Wild Men of Borneo 📚. It’s a pretty meandering book, going from art collecting to the loss of native culture to protest …

Mar 23, 2025: “Bad Hair Day” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/10, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Near Salmon Creek Falls.

Mar 23, 2025: “Vampire fungus” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/16, 1/40s, ISO 640. Along Amanda’s Trail near Yachats.

Mar 23, 2025: “Splash!” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 f/5.6-6.3 lens + MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/14, 1/40s, ISO 200. Shot from Amanda’s Trail …

Mar 23, 2025: “Skunk Season” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 800. Cape Perpetua, Giant Spruce Trail.

Mar 22, 2025: “Laziness is our Middle Name” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 f/5.6-6.3 lens + MC-20 teleconverter @ 684mm, f/14, 1/40s, ISO 124. Shot …

Mar 22, 2025: An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while he’s still in office The latest from the Congressional …

Mar 22, 2025: 10 1/2 mile hike took me a ridiculous 6 hours. The fact that I shot 300 photos probably has something to do with that.

Mar 22, 2025: A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar Geoengineering I don’t think we are very many years from some small government or large …

Mar 21, 2025: Trump says student loans moving to SBA Small Business Administration plans to slash staff by over 40 percent amid agency-wide reorganization What …

Mar 21, 2025: “Beachgrass” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Along the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.

Mar 21, 2025: “Sentinel” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 250. ALong the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.

Mar 20, 2025: “As Above, So Below” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/200s, ISO 250. Near the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.

Mar 20, 2025: “Life Finds a Way” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.

Mar 20, 2025: Didn’t finish: The Forgotten Man 📚 Revisionist history arguing that FDR’s policies didn’t help people out of the Great Depression. …

Mar 20, 2025: Finished reading: In the Garden of Beasts 📚 Larson’s dramatic history is always an easy read. This one, about the US ambassador to Germany in …

Mar 20, 2025: “Windblown” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 32mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 200. Processed in Darktable. Along the John Dellenback Dunes …

Mar 20, 2025: Finished reading: Gai-Jin 📚 An ideal bathroom book: action every page or two, comfortably exotic (while being, I suspect, wildly ahistorical), and I …

Mar 20, 2025: “Elephant Foot” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9.5, 1/500s, ISO 200. Near the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.

Mar 19, 2025: “Plovers on Parade” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/800s, ISO 1250. Oregon coast near the John Dellenback Dunes …

Mar 19, 2025: “Rain Pool” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 21mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the John Dellenback Dunes Trail.

Mar 19, 2025: WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts That’s the World Meteorological Organization. Globally each of the past ten years …

Mar 19, 2025: Republican Behind “Trump Derangement Bill” Accused of Soliciting Minor The definition of schadenfreude.

Mar 18, 2025: NYT: In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, President Trump maintained his view that his administration is not actually defying the courts …

Mar 18, 2025: Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act blasted as abuse of power A roundup of responses to the administration attempt to send all the Venezuelans they can …

Mar 18, 2025: New filing in the Alien Enemies Act case If the president can designate any group as enemy aliens under the act, and that designation is …

Mar 18, 2025: Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID The interesting thing is that this is an appointments clause decision - …

Mar 18, 2025: FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies Another break for poor oppressed billionaires.

Mar 18, 2025: Moscow and Beijing rejoice at looming death of Radio Free Europe, VOA The enemy of my enemy is (checks notes) a free press.

Mar 18, 2025: Minnesota bill labels Trump derangement syndrome as mental illness FFS.

Mar 18, 2025: NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide I’m a child of the Space Age (grew up in 1960’s SoCal) so to me …

Mar 17, 2025: Update: the Newegg seller refunded the excessive markup. On the one hand, this makes me happier. On the other, I wonder how often they get away with …

Mar 17, 2025: I ordered a new laptop ethernet adapter from a Newegg seller because I’m trying to discontinue doing business with Amazon. So I was miffed when …

Mar 17, 2025: “Droplets” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Ridgeline Trail.

Mar 17, 2025: Didn’t finish reading: Destiny’s Road 📚 Usually I like Niven’s work, but this one just never seemed to get anywhere, and I gave up …

Mar 17, 2025: “Rainy Day Flower” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 250. Along the Ridgeline Trail.

Mar 17, 2025: “Rainbow Rays” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/180s, ISO 125. Along the Ridgeline Trail. Really hard to capture what this really looked like, even …

Mar 16, 2025: Just upgraded 6 ethernet switches from 1 gigabit to 2.5 gigabit. Discussion of the absurdity of living in a house with six ethernet switches will be …

Mar 16, 2025: Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge’s order stopping removal I’m sad but not surprised about this. I have no …

Mar 16, 2025: “Red Mushrooms” I’m honestly not sure how I got this shot - flash misfire maybe. But I like the way it turned out, noise and all. …

Mar 16, 2025: This gaming mouse has a striking skeletonized design and hot-swap batteries Trimming grams from a mouse struck me as silly. And then I thought about …

Mar 16, 2025: Finished reading: Rogues in Hell 📚 14th book in a complex shared-world series featuring (mostly) historical figures in a bizarre & funny …

Mar 16, 2025: Life in the tower: Who controls Seattle’s drawbridges? Who knew that drawbridge operators need to check their blind spot before raising the bridge? …

Mar 15, 2025: Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act He also ordered planes in the air heading for Venezuela to turn around and come …

Mar 15, 2025: Trump invokes wartime law to target Venezuelan gang and speed up deportations This appears to be not even remotely legal: we’re not at war with …

Mar 15, 2025: And speaking of Amazon idiocy…they sent me an email telling me my deleted seller account was reactivated at my request (no such request was …

Mar 15, 2025: “Walking into Spring” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 400. Hardesty Trail, the same day there was a foot …

Mar 15, 2025: Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States Absolutely cratered since the post-pandemic highs. So much for any stray thought I …

Mar 15, 2025: Donald Trump, In DOJ Speech, Calls CNN And MSNBC “Illegal” For Reporting Negatively On Him I need to start figuring out which non-US news sources to …

Mar 15, 2025: Finished reading: Rough Sleepers 📚 Tracy Kidder digs into the work of Dr. Jim O’Connell with the unhoused community in Boston. A scary look at …

Mar 15, 2025: “Snowdodendron” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 35mm, f/5.2, 1/125s, ISO 320. Along the Eula Ridge trail.

Mar 15, 2025: “Actually that IS the trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO 320. Battling my way up Eula Ridge Trail …

Mar 15, 2025: Got up at 3:30 this morning. At my age that counts as sleeping in.

Mar 14, 2025: “Turning Over a New Leaf” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Along the Eula Ridge Trail.

Mar 13, 2025: Just put in a Github pull request for the first time in quite a while - fixing a one-character typo in a README file. The perils of being an editor …

Mar 13, 2025: Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook Cue the Streisand Effect.

Mar 12, 2025: “Tree Gremlin” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 250. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.

Mar 12, 2025: “Sweet Smells” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/160s, ISO 100. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.

Mar 12, 2025: E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’ If you’d rather die than support this administration, Trump’s stooges …

Mar 12, 2025: “Spring is Near the Ground” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 400. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.

Mar 12, 2025: Nebraska lawmakers advance bill allowing parental notification for school library checkouts More performative legislating. Do they seriously think any …

Mar 12, 2025: Finished reading: A House Divided, by Pearl S. Buck. 📚 I inherited a 10-volume signed limited edition of some of Buck’s works. As far as I could …

Mar 12, 2025: More Republican Nonsense Restore Medicaid’s intent: Prioritize the most vulnerable over able-bodied childless adults Prepare for a lot of this ahistorical nonsense as the …

Mar 12, 2025: All this bad AI is wrecking a whole generation of products Personally, I look forward to the (unlikely) day when generative AI goes the way of the …

Mar 12, 2025: EBO Air 2 Companion Robot Regardless of their tagline, “playing with” your pets and kids via a $200 robot and your phone does not, in …

Mar 12, 2025: Senate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fight Have Senators not noticed that Musk&Trump are already shutting down the …

Mar 12, 2025: Why I Left the Washington Post Ruth Marcus traces the decline and fall of the WP under Jeff Bezos, Includes a copy of the column that they …

Mar 11, 2025: Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation The corruption really is right out in the open, isn’t it?

Mar 11, 2025: Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom The only mystery here is how co-President Trump managed to find time in his busy schedule of …

Mar 11, 2025: TikTok will play ‘calming music’ to remind teens to stop using the app It won’t work. No matter how good their AI-driven age verification …

Mar 10, 2025: King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs In these troubled times, it is comforting that King Charles listens …

Mar 10, 2025: I get an absurd amount of pleasure from swapping 10 watts of electrons with someone in Calgary.

Mar 10, 2025: Every time I have to deal with Xfinity I think about getting into business as an ISP. I could eat a handful of iron filings and crap out a more …

Mar 10, 2025: “Not quite still waters” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Larison Creek.

Mar 10, 2025: Generation Z Is Losing a Skill We’ve Had for Over 5,500 Years: 40% Can’t Communicate Properly Anymore Because…wait for it…handwriting is …

Mar 10, 2025: “Trail Door” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Larison Creek Trail.

Mar 10, 2025: Enough negativity for one morning. Have a grouse. (Seen on the trail a couple days ago. Alas, had a short lens mounted so this is heavily magnified.)

Mar 10, 2025: Trump’s Plan to Fix Egg Price Crisis Is Already Falling Apart What a surprise, wannabe dictator can’t magically make eggs appear from thin air.

Mar 9, 2025: Meidas Touch Network On the one hand, it’s nice to see progressive media trying to be as brash and popular as regressive media. On the other, …

Mar 9, 2025: “Dance of the Rhododendrons” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. Larison Creek Trail.

Mar 9, 2025: MOOSEHEAD BREWERIES INTRODUCES THE PRESIDENTIAL PACK If I wasn’t on the wagon I’d be ordering one.

Mar 9, 2025: “Green Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 1250. Larison Creek Trail.

Mar 9, 2025: Vitamin A? Cod liver oil? Experts say there’s no replacement for measles vaccination The fact that this story even has to be reported is profoundly …

Mar 9, 2025: “Moss Buds” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 500. Shot at Silver Falls State Park.

Mar 9, 2025: “South Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/45s, ISO 200. In-camera HDR. Silver Falls State Park. Really …

Mar 9, 2025: “Behind the Curtain” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10.0, 1/60s, ISO 400. Silver Falls State Park., behind Middle …

Mar 9, 2025: By the way, most of my photos are cropped to 16x9 aspect ratio. They’re CC-BY-NA licensed, so feel free to grab the full-size versions for …

Mar 9, 2025: “North Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/60s, ISO 200. HDR program plus some heavy-handed work in …

Mar 9, 2025: “Reach for the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot at Silver Falls State Park.

Mar 8, 2025: “Here Comes the Shroom” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/15s, ISO 500. Along the Larison Creek Trail.

Mar 7, 2025: “Middle North Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 200. Silver Falls State Park.

Mar 6, 2025: Ah, Eugene EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene police responded this morning to 911 reports of a man yelling and doing Tai Chi while appearing to wade deeper into …

Mar 6, 2025: (Partially) Escaping Big Tech In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, I did a lot of work in the Microsoft ecosystem, including subcontracting that put a substantial amount …

Mar 6, 2025: Lab-grown caviar (if they succeed). I’m skeptical that there’s enough overlap between vegetarians and potential caviar eaters to make this …

Mar 5, 2025: Finished The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck. This is part of a longish-term project of working through the entire Biography of Manuel. These days …

Mar 5, 2025: Good Planet Sharp Cheddar Olive Oil Cheese Slices - Not even remotely sharp cheddar, but not bad as vegan cheese slices go, and definitely healthier …

Mar 4, 2025: Remember back in the 60s when we used to dream about the day when the government needed to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber? Now you can buy a t-shirt …

Mar 4, 2025: People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price. …

Mar 4, 2025: Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers’ Lives I don’t always agree with TNR, but they do have a knack for writing headlines with …

Mar 4, 2025: Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur “These mice are massively adorable,” says Colossal cofounder and CEO Ben Lamm. “They …

Mar 4, 2025: “Snow Queen” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/7.1, 1/100s, ISO 800. Along the Youngs Rock trail. First wildflowers of the …

Mar 4, 2025: “The Pom-pom Tree” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Along the Youngs Rock trail.

Mar 4, 2025: Depressing news about local public lands: U.S. Forest Service firings across Oregon having serious impacts on people, places and things and Executive …

Mar 4, 2025: The era of pettiness is in full swing Nobody knows exactly how long ago a marbled and tender boneless short-loin steak came to be known across the United States as a New York strip. …

Mar 3, 2025: “Willow Flowers” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/125s, ISO 2000. Along the Youngs Rock trail.

Mar 3, 2025: I was out hiking before dawn, and had to change my headlamp battery. In the dark, no moon, under trees, in the rain. That’s when I was reminded …

Mar 3, 2025: The competition for “biggest suckup in Congress” is heating up.

Mar 3, 2025: “Pine Twig” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/11, 1/40s, ISO 6400. Shot along the Youngs Rock trail.

Mar 3, 2025: “Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot along the Youngs Rock trail.

Mar 3, 2025: If progressives don’t refer to this as the Trump Slump, they’re missing a good bet.

Mar 2, 2025: Finished The Quotable Lewis. I ran across this one in our local St. Vinnie’s thrift store and snapped it up; Lewis has long been one of my …

Mar 2, 2025: “Elegant Sunburst Lichen” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 1/125s, ISO 320. Found at the base of Youngs Rock. No color …

Mar 2, 2025: “Moon Point” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 1/160s, ISO 200. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.

Mar 2, 2025: Scheduling a service call with Xfinity may be slightly less painful that a root canal. But I’m not sure about that. If we had any other …

Mar 2, 2025: “Baby tree” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 6400. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.

Mar 2, 2025: Finished The Lost Painting (on audio, but I’m making the rules in this blog, and I say it counts as a book). I know nothing about art history, …

Mar 2, 2025: “Not Dead Yet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/5.0, 1/1000s, ISO 200. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.

Mar 2, 2025: “I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 4000.

Mar 2, 2025: $400 internet-connected toaster. Um, no. To add insult to injury, Wired says it doesn’t even make good toast.

Mar 1, 2025: “Snow Wave” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @42mm, 1/100s, ISO 200. Along the road to Warner Mountain Lookout.

Mar 1, 2025: “Young’s Rock” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @42mm, 1/100s, ISO 320. Shot from Youngs Rock Trail.

Feb 28, 2025: I’ve been reading the Encyclopedia Britannica (yes, start to finish - this is the sort of thing retirement allows) and an offhand reference to …

Feb 28, 2025: “Looming Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 F5.0-6.3 with 2.0 teleconverter @ 400mm (1600mm FF equivalent), 1/250s, ISO 250. …

Feb 28, 2025: “Treacherous Stairs” Olympus E-M10 IV, TTArtisan 25mm f/2.0, 1/4000s, ISO 160. Near the top of Spencer Butte.

Feb 28, 2025: “Moss Muncher” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens with Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/9, 1/30s, ISO 6400. Base of Spencer Butte.

Feb 27, 2025: “Fern shadows." Olympus E-M10 IV, TTArtisan 25mm f/2.0, 1/60s, ISO 200. Eugene Ridgeline Trail.