A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Drove out for the evening concert at Cazadero Music Camp, which sits in a redwood grove on about 33 acres near the Russian River. The camp has been running…
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Nice runs along the Baie des Anges, and we walked a lot of it — past the Negresco with its dome and rooflines all lit up, then the beach below the promenade,…
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Cambridge first thing off the train, and the whole town funnels you toward the river. From the bridge by Quayside you can watch the chauffeured punts stacking…
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A few days at Rollins Lake, the reservoir on the Bear River down near Colfax — far enough below Truckee that the pines change and the mornings come up warm. We…
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Early June hiking in Yosemite Valley, timed for the snowmelt. Yosemite Falls was the first stop, and it was running hard — 2,425 feet top to bottom, the…
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Down in Del Mar for a couple of days, and this morning I walked north up the coast into Solana Beach. Started on the bluff top, where the houses sit right at…
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The Marina District carried most of this day. From the walkway above the docks you could see clear to the Coronado Bridge, with a couple of superyachts tied up…
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Got a chess game in at the table before it was time to leave — the walnut set, board still mid-game when we had to pack it up, which is always how it goes on a…
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Took the roads east of town today, through the wildlife area that follows the river a few miles below Truckee. The crest is still carrying real snow — the ski…
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Late April ski day at Palisades Tahoe. The season is winding down but the upper mountain still had plenty of coverage, and from the top you could see all the…
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