End of Summer News

End of Summer News It was one of those days when I couldn’t decide between biscuits with sausage gravy or blueberry buttermilk corncakes – I had both. After that, I threw up my hands and submitted to a 4...

Bear Mauling News

For bears only This is a news service for bears.  It is time to fatten up. Winter will be upon us soon and there is no time to waste. In many parts of the territory there have been drought conditions. Berries...

Donaldson Run and Native American discovery

I went for my 3.5 mile hike today at Donaldson Run Park. I am familiar with some of the trails though not all of them. I decided to try a new fork. It went down and down into the Donaldson Run below. Then, I...

Chilly spring and waters high and swift

It’s the time of year when you want to be outside, but it is still cool. When the sun shines, it warms enough to make flowers want to bud. In the shade, it’s still too cold to grow. Hikers take to the woods...

Imminent spring

My brother is out this Sunday, hiking and birding. He has amassed an extraordinary collection of photographs of birds that live in Ohio in various seasons of the year. He has also created Etch-a-Sketch portraits of...

Mt. Hood Hikers: Luke Gullberg Found Dead, 2 Still Missing

As rescue workers search for the three missing Mt. Hood Hikers, one has been found dead, and two are still missing. The dead Mt. Hood hiker was identified as Luke T. Gullberg, a 26-year-old from Des Moines, Washington, just south of Seattle. His friends made a Facebook...

Life's Lessons on the Trail to Ramsay Cascade

I'm not the fearless adventurer, so often and well-represented in the movies with the character of Indiana Jones. I'm just a middle-aged, roaming photographer and wanna-be writer. But Indiana Jones and I have one...

Take a Hike...

It started as one of those good intentions; the ones you make while sitting on the couch watching television programmes in which other people are doing healthy active things and one of you says "Lets...

Nice Waterfall....Too bad it's the effluent from a mine....in a Provincial Park.

A photo from the film Strathcona: A Slice Through Paradise

Wallowa Lake and the City of Joseph

A trip to Northeast Oregon is an opportunity to witness where one of history's tragic stories begins. This is where the Nez Perce Indians spent their last free days, before going to a reservation. Today, among...

German gets jailed for hiking naked

It seems like naked hiking would be terribly uncomfortable, since backpack chafing is a problem even while wearing a shirt.This story got front page coverage in Russia's Pravda.ru. Human interest at its best."Ten...

Magic Waterproof Coating Allows Gadgets To Work Underwater

In maritime circles there has been a battle raging for at least one thousand years; water vs equipment. This dilemma was magnified when electrical components where first brought aboard ship requiring electricity...

Ontario man dies after being hit by Taser

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA report released recently about the R.C.M.P. recommended officers with less than 5 years experience should not be given a taser.  One assumes the Ontario...

Sports bra saved her life

After being stranded in the Bavarian Alps for three days, hiker Jessica Bruinsma was rescued after the rescue team spotted her sports bra hanging on a moving cable. What a great way to get noticed!"German police say an American hiker stranded in the Bavarian Alps for nearly...

Ireland's new foreign project: Timor-Leste

"Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern named Timor-Leste as a test case for a new Conflict Resolution Unit in his department. The plan is to assist the tiny Asian nation to make the transition to a functioning democracy. But as RTÉ journalist Anne-Marie Green...

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