Christmas on the Prairie. Part 2. A Big-hearted Hotel
From the files of Don Kirk...Part 2. A Big-hearted Hotel My mother knows the family [...]
Christmas on the Prairie. Part 1. How far is it?
From the files of Don Kirk... December 23, 1943, 7:00 a.m. We are uncertain [...]
Nature Notes. Fulgurites. Part 2. Sitting on a Fulgurite
Continued from the files of Don Kirk... ...The fulgurites here are light gray in [...]
Nature Notes. Fulgurites. Part 1. Fulgurite Find
From the files of Don Kirk... About 100 lightning strikes occur every second on planet [...]
Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 3. Thanks Giving
I walk back to the truck where the children are already eating their lunch. Don [...]
Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 2: The Drawing Lesson
I steady my stool on the uneven ground and open my pack. For this grand [...]
Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 1. On the Way to Town
We head for Cedarville one morning from our camp in the Warner Mountains. It’s time [...]
Model Railroad Grace and Gratitude
When Don, my sweetie of 59 years, passed away last winter he [...]
Poetry Out Loud. Part 2. Sam McGee Before Breakfast
Sky Watching Part 2. Sam McGee Before Breakfast ...Dad also loved Robert Service, [...]
Poetry Out Loud. Part 1. My Dad Was a Natural
Sky Watching ♬“Preacher went out a-huntin’, ‘Twas on a Sunday morn, “Against [...]
Nature Notes: Blue Lake. Campground “Ecology.” Part 2. Campground Scavengers
From the files of Don Kirk...Part 2. Campground Scavengers The cry of a red-tailed hawk [...]
Nature Notes: Blue Lake. Campground “Ecology.” Part 1. The Weasel
From the files of Don Kirk...Part 1. The Weasel A weasel carrying a dead chipmunk [...]
Out Sketching. Meanders of Parsnip Creek. Part 3. The Wonder of Water
(Cont. from Part 2) I am too close to the stream; my boots are getting [...]
Out Sketching. Meanders of Parsnip Creek. Part 2. Drawing a Meander
(Cont. from Part 1) A meander is an odd configuration to draw on paper. I [...]
Out Sketching. Meanders of Parsnip Creek. Part 1. Water’s Ways
We turn off the Blue Lake road onto a dirt track that descends a forested [...]
Nature Notes. Blue Lake Porcupines. Part 2: Up a Tree
From the files of Don Kirk: ...For this diminutive porcupine the tree is a poor [...]
Nature Notes. Blue Lake Porcupines. Part 1. On the Trail.
From the files of Don Kirk: Early afternoon on the west shore of Blue Lake finds [...]
BOOK RELEASE!
Hey! Just in time for Earth Day! The Road to Beaver Park is here! [...]
Out Sketching: Death Valley Wildflowers & Geology
Death Valley had a superbloom this year. [...]
Praises: Something Beautiful
Priest Gulch RV Camp, Rocky Mountains, Colorado March 1st, 2016. It’s snowing this morning in [...]
Out Sketching: Quaking Aspen. Part 3. Drawing a Quaking Aspen
Part. 3. Drawing a Quaking Aspen I pick up my pencil. I’m so new [...]
Out Sketching: Quaking Aspen, Part 2. The Neighbors
Quaking Aspen Part 2: The Neighbors I saunter too close to the rockfall, and [...]
Out Sketching: Quaking Aspen. Part 1.
Quaking Aspen. Part 1. Park me next to an aspen grove, and I’ll be [...]