Thanks to bike journeys, I experienced my only porcupine encounter. The Big and I were in New England, and until that moment, I didn’t know porcupines climbed trees. Or maybe she’s the only one? She didn’t climb squirrel fast, but she was darned quick for someone hauling so many quills. Not so quick that I …
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detours
I planned to start a long kayak journey in the fall of 2025, but best friend Evalyn Ormond was hospitalized that August through November, so I delayed the trip for at least a year. Instead, I spent much of last August and September helping out at Union General, the hospital Evalyn led for three decades. …
as if it is your last
It was a perfect day, encompassing a lifetime, full and complete, in but a single cycle of our sun. We talked throughout it, between her short naps. Karol dozed as little as she dared, lest she miss some precious moment. That afternoon, she asked again for Cliff, and when he entered her room, she greeted …
The Pedaling Astronomer Project 