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Late night banana-cart chronicles

It was late. Not so late that the streets were empty, but empty enough for a lone roasted banana-cart salesman. From outside my front window, I heard a screaming whistle that impelled me to the front window to investigate. Looking down to the street I immediately recognized the source, but it was still a strange […]

Local Crag Sunday (Issue #4)

In which Sarah and I get up early to meet our ride to the not-so-local, but very nice-for-a-change crag, Billie romps and holds her own with a host of other dogs and discovers the joy of tuna-water*, and Sarah and I rediscover our love for the pure and simple joy of top-roping [portfolio_slideshow size=large autoplay=false […]

This is getting to be a problem.

The home office and my stash of Swiss chocolate are a dangerous combo. Also, there is one block of gruyere left as well, but the cheese has been easier to make last because I don’t always have time to get down to the one good bakery where I can get the bread that the cheese […]

Big Improvement

Just need the microphone now, and the spare battery and memory card wouldn’t hurt. Fortunately they are waiting for me on location for tomorrow.

Frustrating characters…

…not out in public, just on my couch on a Sunday morning with less than 24 hours until the application is due. Meanwhile, you can check out echoinggreen.org while I finish editing, and, as I’m changing my tagline to read, more on this to come.

Sure, it’s January

or, Sure it’s January? Like I’ve been saying, no complaints about the weather.

Tools of the trade

Not my trade, but the trade that I’m working with this week by shooting video for a series of lessons on biointensive agriculture. Also, a trade that I’m trying to learn this week. The shooting video that is. I’m learning that we need spare batteries, learning that we need a tripod, learning that we need […]

Return to the Winter Bouldering Grounds

Just like the monarchs returning to Mexico in Winter, some things are seasonally determined, like a Ticino bouldering session if the weather allows in December. Until the clouds dissipated and the full sun came out there was less activity to be seen, but also like with the monarchs, the activity level really picked up once things warmed up a bit. […]