A story has just been put together that says that Sarah, Josh and Shane, the three American hikers being detained in Iran did not cross the border, but were kidnapped from Iraqi Kurdistan. This is the first time that the truth about the hikers is getting a viral media push through email and facebook. It [...]

Knowing Sarah
I met Sarah’s mom before I met Sarah.  We were at an earthquake preparedness meeting where we were discussing, as a community, how to be prepared and connected to people in our own neighborhoods and how to get in touch with people in other neighborhoods if lines of communication go down.  At that point, [...]

J-, the dogs and I just went to Blackstone Canyon in Marin.  It was so spectacular, it was the most waterfalls that I had ever seen in California. They were pretty small, but absolutely gorgeous.  The trees were totally covered in green moss.  I was blown away from beginning to end.  More good news is [...]

Some friends and I went out to the Santa Cruz Mountains for a 13 mile hike on Sunday. The hike is well known in two forms as a 2-3 day hike called Skyline-to-the-Sea or a one day BBHQ-to-the-sea. The latter version involves dropping a car at the Ocean and hiking down to the [...]

I’ve decided not to totally redo my extensive collection of photography and descriptions of my trip to Washington state from a few years ago. Maybe when I have more experience with this whole blog deal, I will. But for now, I just wanted to get a note in here so that people can find [...]