Rusty Ring

An intoxicant is any external source that draws you deeper into yourself, your beliefs, your egocentrism, and away from direct experien...

(Bellingham, Washington.)

(This is Garrard Creek, a tributary of the Chehalis, about two weeks ago. The parallel lanes of trees normally line the tops of high ban...

(Fishing with my nephew. Open in a new window or tab to see it better.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(Not as bad as they all say. By the way, I'm totally not doing that Bodhidharma thing on purpose. I'm as taken aback as the r...

(A shot of a creek in the jungle where I sat my 100 Days .)

(This is the giant Pacific signal crayfish [Pacifastacus leniusculus] . Individuals can reach 7 inches – at which point they're...

(The mighty Columbia looks for the sea, courtesy of my man Dannon and his Thundering Cell Phone of Justice.)

                                   From too much hope of living,                                         From hope and fear set f...

(Lush green islands in the midst of hundreds of miles of baking sagelands. As the irrigated ground in the distance attests, water is th...

This one isn't about practice or practicalities. It's about fun. Sue me. It's high summer here in the planet's attic, an...