State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • Environmental Ethos

    It’s been a beautiful spring, and I have been cooped up indoors recuperating. One would think this would give me time to write some stories, but I had found so many other  projects to occupy my time that I haven’t had it to spare writing on here.  Mostly, spare moments have been spent brushing up…

  • Columbia River Melt-Down

    This is the Columbia River. It is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest, and the fourth largest river in the United States.  It winds south from British Columbia into Washington, then runs westward to the Pacific Ocean, forming the border between Washington and Oregon. And in 15-20 years, it could be carrying up to…

  • Mono Lake Micro-Model

    So, I described our trip to Mono Lake a few posts back.  This visit, the summer of 2012, was actually my second trip to this area.  During the first trip, I took the following pictures that demonstrate the towers of tufa coming out of the water, as well as the islands in the middle.  These…

  • Pardon The Interruption: What I Have Learned From My Time in the Chair

    So it has been about ten weeks since my accident that resulted my injury, and cessation of normal life for a while. It might be a few more weeks until I am walking again. The past month or so, I have been working on my physical rehabilitation with the goal of walking by mid-March. The…