Monthly Archives: June 2010

Surf’s Up

“If everybody had an ocean . . .” the Beach Boys sang in my headphones, “. . . across the ‘You-Es-Ay’/Then everybody’d be surfin’/like Cali-forn-I-ay!” I glanced up from the wedge of spruce I’d been splitting, and surveyed the water … Continue reading

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Sucker Hole

Last Saturday I got outside about 6:00 a.m. Heavy rain started the previous afternoon and continued through the night, but had lightened about an hour before I went out. The air smelled freshly washed, and felt soft. The heavy overcast … Continue reading

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