The Very Large Array

 Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. ― Richard P. Feynman The first time I ever set eyes on the Very Large Array, I experienced a surge of euphoria. It was 2012, and I…More

A Mad and Magic Birthday

Some days ago I had a birthday. My 34th. I am officially in my frighteningly adult sounding mid thirties. I marked the last one bringing my father’s ashes back home. This time, owing to a number of good things happening in succeeding days, birthday #34 ended up being a five day celebration. Place and time: Somewhere in the blurry entropy of…More

Canis lupus

We’d stopped along Yellowstone Lake to catch a spectacular sunset paint the mountains in the distance a fiery shade of blush. A minute after getting back in the car, a wolf trotted down the road, and right past the car. Yellowstone National Park, WyomingMore

A Wild Welcome to Yellowstone

We’d just driven through the eastern park gates, armed with a map of Yellowstone and a hat tip from the attending ranger. A moment later, along the road that hugged the mountain, ambled a bison. A real one. Shaggy hide, horns and all. Out for his morning stroll among the strange, boxy animals with animated…More

Park here

While pulling into the Dances With Wolves set. Fort Hays, South Dakota.More

Walk

County courthouse. Rapid City, South DakotaMore