Tongue in Cheek
It’s hard to keep your tongue in your cheek when your head is up your ass.
Hiking
Ranger Doug’s Rules
Ranger Doug’s Rules Take Heart: For every uphill there is an equal and opposite downhill. Rip Rap is not a type of Pop Music. Giardia is not a chocolate factory in San Francisco. Assume the signs are wrong. Mosquitoes are not an endangered species Never miss an opportunity to take off your pack and boots. If you don’t like the weather wait 20 minutes. The cure for boredom is adventure. Mountain Lions, Rattlesnakes and Bears. Oh my! Hydration is the cure. What is the problem?… Read More »Ranger Doug’s Rules
Complexity
“Complexity is the enemy of speed.” A phrase that came to mind during a discussion of equitable distribution of the vaccine.
How Much Farther?
Or Sometimes there is a dichotomy between encouragement and truth. Which do you choose? Choices have consequences.
Pricks
“Life is like a cactus, full of pricks but also very beautiful.“ Variously Attributed
Arizona
“He’d always had a quickening of the heart when he crossed into Arizona and beheld the cactus country.” Dorothy B. Hughes, in The Expendable Man Photo is of a postcard sunset taken long enough ago that there is no chance of recovering credit.
Cactus/Caucus
“I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.” Mo Udall