Forgive me if I sound as if I’m feeling cursed these days. Mother Nature is drawing a bead on communities I know well. Beaumont and the rest of the Golden Triangle along the Texas Gulf coast is bailing out from the deluge dumped on the region by a storm named Harvey. Most of our friends … Continue reading Feeling cursed by Nature’s wrath
When I was growing up, if anyone ever thought to ask me if there was something I’d like to witness but would never get the chance, I might have said “a volcanic eruption.” I grew up in Portland, Ore., about 50 or so miles west of a chain of volcanic peaks along the Cascade Range. … Continue reading Some things you think you'd never see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2dreOI8gI Admit it. You’ve thought at least once in your life that there are things in this world you thought you’d never see, certainly not up close. I’ve had a few of those thoughts in my life. But if you live long enough and are fortunate travel and see a few places around the world, … Continue reading When a pristine peak blew its top