I tried a new-to-me laundromat this morning. Even though it has been around a while it was clean and quiet, all the machines worked, the dis...

Windy and chilly but still a fine place to get away from the craziness of life. Clam Beach, McKinleyville CA.

I like salmon. A lot. The fresher the better. But when I was a kid I thought salmon was icky because of the patties my budget-crunched and s...

I found this Post-It note on the ground. I wonder what the story is. Was the note lost accidentally? Was it tossed? Or was it a message lef...

I’m one of the people who hang out at the Arcata Bird Sanctuary a couple of times a week. On one side of the parking area is Arcata Bay, whi...

Last night, at about 10:30, I was still up when there was a rapitty-rap-rap on the side of the Rolling Steel Tent. I was surprised but not a...

Back when I wrote about sardines I mentioned I had used them for bait with which I caught a mackerel off the Southern California coast. Now...

On April 20th I wrote that things had changed and I seldom nap anymore. Well, things have changed again. The past couple of weeks I’ve enjo...

It was foggy when I rolled into Crescent City CA at about noon yesterday. It cleared up some by mid-afternoon, then fogged right up again as...

I had picked up some groceries (including some anchovies ) and was waiting in the small store’s only open checkout line. There was one perso...

I was at a beach day use area shortly after sunrise, depositing my trash in a bin, when a guy walked by and cheerily said, “Welcome to Calif...

Here we go, more tinned fish. This time it’s the one I’ve been dreading the most—though I don’t know why. I imagine I’ve had anchovies befor...