Rock Creek, Montana Months ago I bought The Invention of Nature: Alexander Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf and put it aside to take with me off-the-grid. I had thought, how appropriate, read a book about the famous German explorer, naturalist, and scientist of the 19th century whose name graces mountain ranges, ocean currents, weather …
Month: August 2016
Air Pollution Warnings Don’t Make It
Rock Creek, Montana It was cooler yesterday and much cooler last night on the creek. For the first time in a week we had some clouds. There were reports of a large fire in the Bitterroots over the mountains from us. The air had been smoky in town, but was still clear along the Sapphires …
Trump Military Assault Revives Vietnam and the Draft
Rock Creek, Montana One nice thing about being mostly off-the-grid for a bit is missing the daily craziness of the emerging political campaign in the United States. Reading the latest news of Donald Trump’s assault and disrespect of the Muslim parents of a fallen soldier in Iraq in 2004 was simply mind-boggling. Is there really …