Shade, cool fresh air, quiet. Well, except when a rambunctious pre-teen summer activity group swept through, but that was only a few seconds...

Me: Have you ever avoided laundry so long that you can’t remember wearing these clothes? Woman customer: All the time. Me: I remember yester...

880 feet of slogging each way I’m not equipped to drive on deep dry sand. I’m only slightly better equipped to walk in it. Nonetheless, that...

When I spend time by the ocean, with gray weather, in a town with commercial fishing, I get a craving for good clam chowder. According to re...

 

They say we should concentrate on our driving. But when I’m rolling down the highway I see things that get my mind wandering to other topics...

There was a deer crossing the highway the other day and I began wondering about what they thought or understood about vehicles. Something mo...

I was headed south on 101, just outside Brookings, when traffic came to a stop. It was backed up for the quarter mile or so I could see ahea...

How many times do I need to pass point of interest before I finally stop? How often do I get so fixated on reaching my destination that it n...

I’ve seen locked up paint, firearms & ammunition, cosmetics, men’s trousers and even underwear, but detergent? And it’s not like you cou...

From US101 a little north of Manzanita, Oregon.

The weather right along the coast had been fog from late afternoon to late morning, with some drizzle during the night. I and the interior o...

I like to save space in my wastebasket so I need to find suitable places to dispose of my trash less often. I disassemble cartons and crush ...

When I was a Boy Scout I was taught moss grows on the north side of trees, and you could use that info for direction finding in case (though...

I went back to the grocery because I had forgotten to get an item the last time. As I came out of the store I saw a car that was foreign to ...