An average person’s life of not unique events
I am close to average. Five feet four inches tall and some 20 lbs. over what I should weigh, blonde-haired, usually worn in a...
The Hand Pan Quest – Part 1.
One very cool, thing I frequently experience when writing for the Sierra Nevada Ally (the Ally) is that the story I set out to...
It’s the Civil War, Stupid
This story was produced as part of the Democracy Day journalism collaborative, a nationwide effort to shine a light on the threats and opportunities...
Wildfires underscore urgency to rein in climate change
Opinion
The alerts on my cell phone were jarring. The news kept rolling in, each more alarming as the Poeville wildfire got closer to our...
A Clear and Present Danger – Opinion
Over the last few months I have attended a number of Black Lives Matter demonstrations. These have also attracted counter-demonstrators, ranging from perfectly normal...
Growing Food While Growing Climate Solutions
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty was everywhere. Pretty quickly, that uncertainty showed up at the grocery store. I remember seeing...
Betting Against the House
Our destabilized global climate and the COVID-19 pandemic raise questions about how our society recognizes and mitigates systemic risks. The question I ask is:...
Different Questions
Here’s a story from a time long ago in southern Idaho, back when possessing marijuana was a serious felony, and only the hippest folks...
A Time of Loss
Loss can be expected, or unexpected. What is lost is replaceable, or irreplaceable. I lost a friend and collaborator recently. Her name was Estelle,...
Whose riot is this anyway?
Riots can begin with the smallest incident—an insult, a minor squabble, even an accident. It only takes a minute, or maybe nine minutes—for example,...