A few years ago, This American Life did an episode about superpowers, which included a story by John Hodgman on the power to be invisible vs. the ability to fly. He asked people which superpower they would rather have, and then made an argument that a person’s choice revealed something about that person’s nature: the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘water’
Flight
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged water on July 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Up the creek
Posted in hiking, tagged Colorado, water on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t worry, this entry has a happy ending. The body of water in question is named Clear Creek, and it empties melted snow from the foothills, channeling it through Golden and several western suburbs before dumping it into the Platte River in downtown Denver. As we discovered today, it also hosts quite a bit of [...]
Sunsets
Posted in travel, tagged sunset/sunrise, travel, water on December 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As I get to the end of the long, wander-y part of this road trip, I am thinking back on all of the beautiful sights we saw: landscapes, seascapes, birds, people we love, vast expanses of [fill in the blank-- sand, trees, water, mountain, or whatever]. I’m sitting in a motel in Radford, Virginia, happy [...]
Lincoln City Beach
Posted in travel, tagged Oregon_coast, water on September 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
North Fork Little Butte Creek
Posted in state of Jefferson, tagged Jefferson, water on August 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The North Fork of Little Butte Creek is dammed as it comes out of Fish Lake, but the spill valve was letting out a huge surge of water on the day we hiked the trail along the creek. Apparently, the creek’s flow is controlled all the way down to Medford, where its water is used [...]
Summer day on upper Klamath Lake
Posted in Home, state of Jefferson, tagged Home, water on August 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m treating today as a lazy Sunday: sleeping late, drinking coffee (made by Bo) and eating pancakes and bacon (also made by Bo) before heading out to the hammock to read a book and stare out over the water, where some people who are less lazy than I am are taking advantage of a perfect [...]
Paddling Around
Posted in travel, tagged water on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weather has been uncharacteristically sunny and calm in Anacortes this week. Nestled at the rocky northwestern corner of the US, the San Juan Islands are beautiful but forbiddingly windy and rain-spattered most of the time. I’ve heard the comment that living in this part of the world is like being married to a beautiful [...]
