April 14, 2013 Say It Ain’t So Joe The bombs broke my sleep. Looking out the window, snow, heavy snow, fell in the morning half-light. The metal barn […] Read more
April 06, 2013 A Monster Whimper The Monster Enemy Lines became a waiting game with the rain and the disintegration of the snow pack in the […] Read more
March 17, 2013 It’s the First Day of a New Winter It’s the first day of new winter. Victoria Street is ankle deep in snow. A mid-shin berm runs down the […] Read more
January 02, 2013 The Broad Stokes of Choice In broad strokes, philosophy falls into two schools. The belief that essence precedes existence. Or opposite belief, that existence precedes […] Read more
December 02, 2012 December First It was raining. It was opening day at Fernie Alpine Resort. A ski area. And it was raining. I grew […] Read more
November 20, 2012 The Griz is Gone – Long Live the Griz It was a dark and stormy night (Tuesday, November 19th). At 10:30PM, in a fit of desperation–It really can’t be […] Read more
November 13, 2012 Winter Shows Her Hand The days were cool. And then chill. Now they are downright cold. The nights turn bitter after dark. Winter. The […] Read more
October 21, 2012 This Morning Well before dawn, I stood at my window with a new winter reflected in the streetlights. As I stood, cradling […] Read more
October 04, 2012 F##k, Winter’s Here October Second Early this afternoon, I drove up to Alpine Trails. When I left at maybe four or four thirty, […] Read more
September 22, 2012 Winter Lies Somewhere. This is the season of conditioning. The days still hold a length. The afternoons become barely warm. As the sun […] Read more
September 10, 2012 Fallen. Thursday. A couple weeks ago I spent a few days in the Flathead. The base elevation of the Flathead sits quite […] Read more
June 06, 2012 Rain Warning—June 6th The last few days we’ve been “warned” of heavy rain. The first of the warning days evolved from low overcast […] Read more