Previous Chapter
All the clouds had disappeared over night. The sun was beating down and I hadn’t seen even a trickle of water since the previous day. I retreated from the company of subalpine firs and walked to the top of the ridgeline to search for water. What I got instead was an unimpeded view of [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 31, 2009
Two Steps Backward – Chapter 5
August 26, 2009
In the Company of Others – Chapter 4
Previous Chapter
“If I only had some arrowleaf balsamroot right now, I could make an excellent feast, but I suppose I’m not in that habitat zone, am I?” I reasoned. I also considered catching a few of those jeering pikas that were whistling at me earlier in the evening on my way up that horribly unsteady [...]
August 24, 2009
Of Mice and Me
Posted by David
I’m curious what your thoughts are about an unusual event that occurred about 10 years ago. At the time, I lived at Heart ‘O the Hills, a small ranger station part way up the mountain to Hurricane Ridge. It was still winter or maybe early-spring and the mice scurried about in the hallway [...]
August 21, 2009
Upon the Shoulders of a Giant – Chapter 3
Previous Chapter
Admittedly, I spent a couple of hours the next morning working on the next activity in my journal. I wasn’t sure what I should do next and the activity, about carnivores, turned out to be quite interesting—carnivores are pretty cool. I was reminded of our cat back at home. Her fluid and supple shape was [...]
August 18, 2009
Plunging into the Deep – Chapter 2
Previous Chapter
“No two snowflakes are alike. You too are SPECIAL,” Mr. Davis had written in my journal following the activity.
“Is that it? That’s my first clue! How is that going to help me now? That’s really annoying,” I thought to myself.
At that moment a trout darted into a shady corner of the gravel-bottomed pool. I [...]
August 15, 2009
Too Far to Wander: The Tale and Journal of a Wayward Student
Posted by David
(This is a story I wrote a number of years ago for classrooms visiting North Cascades National Park. I was asked to republish it here. Have fun.)
This tale begins midway through a classroom expedition into the North Cascades wilderness. For the most part, all of the students are being safe, learning about science [...]
August 9, 2009
I’m Just Saying…! Part Two
Posted by Mike
You probably thought I’d never get around to it – Part Two, I mean. But maybe no one’s listening, or reading anyway. “Is there anyone out there?” Sort of like SETI. A lot of money was funneled into that project. Maybe they’re still listening. Fortunately we get by-products from a lot of scientific [...]
August 5, 2009
Odds and Ends
posted by Mike
It looks like we’re taking a summer break. We are taking a summer break. This is an example of accommodating to reality in such a way that the agent doesn’t lose face. We humans are good at doing this kind of thing.
You never hear about perpetual motion machines any more. The eccentrics who [...]
