Today is a round-up of several topics, including Mineral King. The 2019 calendars are selling steadily – $15 includes sales tax, and I am willing to eat the mailing costs, yum yum. (The Three Rivers Post Office is actually a pleasure to visit.) Yes, that is Sawtooth Peak on the cover, one of the most […]
Never Forget
Labor Day
Remember in the olden days when Labor Day was the first day of school? You’d get up in the dark, put on new clothes, wear shoes for the first time in months and say, “Mom, these shoes are too tight!” to which she’d respond, “They are fine. You just aren’t used to wearing shoes”. Then […]
Eight Things I Learned in August
Fridays are for Mineral King, but today’s post is my end of the month list of things I learned. Here is a Mineral King photo for you as a consolation prize. A friend of mine is always on his phone, always always always. But he only uses it as a telephone. For note-taking, he uses […]
Lingering Wildflowers in Mineral King
I’ve spent more time in Mineral King than home working in August so the subject needs Friday as well as Monday next week. Mineral King’s wildflowers peak in July, but there are still beautiful sights in August. This girl can step out, even wearing a backpack that probably tops 45 lbs. I had to focus […]
Life Policy
A wise man in my youth taught that one should have principles (which I call “policies”) in life that help you make decisions. One of my personal life policies is Never Turn Down A Chance To Go To The Beach. You may recall that I have a friend who is waiting for new lungs. With […]
Another Post About Mineral King
Perhaps I should only write about Mineral King because it is the most popular topic. Nah. . . this website is expensive, so it needs to contain things about my business. But today is Friday, and Fridays are for Mineral King posts (when I have something to show and tell). When I drove up the […]
Seven Things I Learned In July
If I don’t keep track of learning new things during the month, I’m hard pressed to think of them at the end of the month. There is a wildflower called “Giant Blazing Star”; it looks like its smaller cousin, “Blazing Star”. Wildflower naming is just confusing and weird to learn, but I persist in my […]
More Action-Packed Mineral King Days
Last week in Mineral King, Trail Guy, 2 friends and I took a hike to a special place that I am choosing to keep secret. (You can ask me in private, but I’m not posting any details on the World Wide Web.) On our hiking day, we experienced fabulous wildflowers, tremendous views, hail, thunder, lightning […]
Busy Time in Mineral King
July is a busy month in Mineral King. One could just sit on the porch, knitting and reading, or one could get out and see and do. I am one of the latter types, sometimes. These photos represent the activities in about a three day stretch of time in Mineral King. The next day, my […]