Author Archives: canoelover

I actually shaved my head last week. Using a Bic and some cool Kiss My Face shaving gel. Okay, so I sorta geeked it by not asking my wife if it would be okay first. The good news is that … Continue reading →

No, really. The Pachydiplax longipennis is the Blue Dasher. Cute little dude, on his last legs (literally) out behind the shop today. At first he was driving me nuts, his head is emerald green and looks a lot like an … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to find the spreadwing damsel so I walked the backyard slowly. No spreadsheet, just a few pretty scenes, so I shot a few pictures. My lens was acting up so some of my pictures were a little … Continue reading →

There has been an Elegant Spreadwing Damselfly (Lestes inaequalis) hiding out in my backyard for a few days. I have been able to get a decent picture. So I settled for a lousy one. You can see the wings. That’s … Continue reading →

Although I am not a partaker of alcoholic malted beverages, one can still appreciate the simplicity, nay, the purity of having something called “The Beer Store.” No wine coolers, no hard liquor, no shee-shee buttery chardonnays that yuppies sip so … Continue reading →

Robbie, Gregg, and Chris. I received the email yesterday from Chris asking if I would like to go mountain biking with him at the Kettle Moraine Southern Unit, a wonderful network of single tracks that range from mind and fun … Continue reading →

August 14th, 2008. 30 miles west of Laramie, 10:30 PM. Outside temperature: 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Out the window of the van, 30 mph. In August. Snow. In August. So when someone in Wyoming says “I’ll be a cold day in … Continue reading →

It isn’t a visit to Mom’s without repairing something. One of her toilets crapped out (heh–get it?) and I found a real live Ace Hardware store in Pleasant Grove and got the parts. One of the parts I needed was … Continue reading →

The desert provides a lot of life if you walk slow and look down a lot. The swell was full of animal life–birds, lizards, and insects, plus some pronghorn antelope, etc. The problem is that the animals living in the … Continue reading →

Little Goblin Valley Central Utah is a geological wonderland. Most of the traffic is restricted to Zion National Park and surrounding areas. This leaves the rest of it for us to explore. Navajo Rock (“The Beehive”) in the Wedge. Ian … Continue reading →