Indian, Shy Bear, and Quarry | Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Abundant ferns and moss glisten with yesterday’s rain. Banana slugs drag slime across flats of mud. The mid-morning sun peeks between...
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A whimsockal boutique
And home of The field Maus Blog
Oct 21 min read
West Tiger & Nook Trail, Issaquah
We start the hike cold: cold ears and cold arms and we walk in the shade and I stuff my fingers in my pockets and I think about mom like...
Oct 13 min read
Notes from Seattle
I've been holding off on writing until a cloudy day, because I know we're owed many weeks and months' worth of bottomless grey, and...
Jul 185 min read
Sunrise Beach, MO
The drive to Sunrise Beach, MO was long and slow; Sara and I kept 70 to 75 on the gauge while listening to bad 60s. The scent of the lake...
May 43 min read
Bronco Trail
The road to Bronco Trail is mostly paved except for the last couple of miles, when I dodge occasional potholes on packed gravel. My...
May 23 min read
Fremont Saddle, Superstition Mountains
On Wednesday, my first official day off from work, I head back to the Superstition Mountains, a place I haven't been since 2022, when...
Apr 305 min read
Tom's Thumb trail
I start the Sonoran desert hike just before 9 am, the rocky peaks of the McDowell mountains a crisp outline against the cloudless blue....
Apr 221 min read
A brief two miles
The swaying trees squeak like rusted porch swings in the cool April breeze, autumn-like but with a different scent— hints of honeysuckle...
Mar 2610 min read
Hilton Head Island, SC
My balcony here on Hilton Head Island faces north, to the tennis courtyard and warm orange glow of peoples' apartment homes. Loud voices...
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