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Monday, January 19, 2026

Paddling a Restored Marsh

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Nice & dry before the spill. Unexpected soakings can occassionally happen when paddling a canoe, but it usually doesn't occur when I...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Jack London's Boats

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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Jack London's birth on January 12, 1876, I wrote an article  about the boats London sailed on Sa...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Walking in John Muir's footsteps at Alhambra Hills Open Space

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A perk of being a journalist is to visit new places, and that's what I got to do  when  Bay Nature  asked me to write about Alhambra Hil...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Serendipity and Writing Retreats

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  I write this from Kaneohe on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The trade winds blow through windows that look out on the jagged Ko’olau Range....
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Sunday, March 23, 2025

"Amistad en popa: London y Nakata" in Mexico City's El Universal newspaper

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Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA Several months ago I received an email from a reporter in Mexico City who had read ...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Ina Coolbrith joins the California Hall of Fame!

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CaliforniaMuseum.org What do Ina Coolbrith, Julia Child, Dian Fossey, and Tina Turner have in common? All have been inducted into the 18th c...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

The Summit: Climbing Mount Ina Coolbrith

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Mount Ina Coolbrith and an unwritten poem are alike. Both are wild with no established entry points, no trails to follow, and no signs telli...