Category Archives: Travel

It doesn’t happen overnight, but it feels like it does. Blue sky and sunshine, rippling water, warmth for walking and running freely one day. And then it all comes to an icy halt the next. Reeds and rushes pushed down … Continue reading →

To all those that have seen the opportunity in open space conservation, I am grateful. A stretch of forest, a large field, a patch of desert, pond, or wetland, a small rocky cliff, a hill with a view. It may … Continue reading →

A lone Juniper, especially out here in foothill Red Rock country, always catches my attention. And if I forget to look up, there’s usually a flock of Robins, or a Townsend’s Solitaire, or a flutter of chickadees and juncos and … Continue reading →

Water, wrestling away the loud hum of humanity just over the bank. Factory trains truck stuff in every direction, blaring horns enmass in the cacophony of the interstate. Dogs barking, people barking, phones barking, the whole world barking. Small planes, … Continue reading →

Along a boulevard in Arvada and an irrigation ditch, a robust riparian channel cuts a path. Cast in the glow of autumn light, the day emerges into dusk. 15 species of birds, sing, call, cackle and warn, unbeknownst to the … Continue reading →