A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Started at Donner Lake in the morning, when the geese still had the beach to themselves — a dozen or so Canada geese working the shallows inside the buoy line,…
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Squaw Valley for a weekend of summer skiing — the winter's snowpack was deep enough that they kept the lifts spinning into late June, and are planning to run…
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Nothing on the calendar tonight past dinner in Walnut Creek — a June evening at home. The blue stockpot went on the induction cooktop, and a six-pack of Racer…
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Summer on the water, even though the peaks across the lake are still holding snow in late June. The whole day went to it. Morning at Donner — the girls took…
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Drove up Old 40 above Donner Lake to show everyone the snow that's still hanging on at the summit — a bank taller than a person, packed against the granite…
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Donner Lake day, minutes from downtown, so no packing beyond swimsuits and the leash. We stopped under the big pine by the water first, dog straining at the…
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Snow still on the peaks at the west end of the lake and it's the middle of June — that's the winter we had. Mid-June to August is when the paddling season…
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Snow in the middle of June. The season here is supposed to run October to May, and Truckee averages over 200 inches in a normal year, but every so often a…
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Walked down to Donner Lake this morning and found it flat, no wind at all, the whole surface holding the snow line upside down. Late May and the peaks above…
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Down to Palm Springs for a wedding, which in practice meant a whole weekend of everything else too. The first night was dinner with the group — big round…
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