So my sister desperately wanted to show me something yesterday. 

Wood-grilled spaghetti squash in a dill “cheese” sauce, topped with kalamata olive puree. I think I have a new favorite meal.

Made it to the top of lookout on my first run back since this: That’s a broken pinky toe.

I love my job. Although I really miss slc and the amazing access provided by its proximity to boundless open space, I am so glad I transferred back to Denver. Field work is good for the soul. Recently I spent some time lookin around for Kunzler’s hedgehog cactus, which only occurs in the Sacramento mountains [...]

Hopefully this one doesn’t suffer the same fate of last years garden. Funny, I spend most of my summer wandering around surveying for rare plants and animals and their respective habitable but I can’t grow a flipping eggplant.

I’m starting the weekend by sleeping in, followed by lazy brunch on the porch accompanied by Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. This is an unusual three day weekend approach for me, normally I bolt out of town like the place is on fire. With the past week spent in Lincoln National Forest east of Cloudcroft, [...]

Yeah I wouldn’t call that swimming either.

It’s dang cold out there. I’m grumpy. I had just come from the vet. I wanted ice cream. There is sleet out there. It’s cold. It was 84 degrees yesterday. I have a sunburn. I should pay some bills or something. But I did it anyway. Four point four miles of trotting around the Red [...]

I’m registered for the Leadville Trail Marathon, set to take place roughly three months from today. Training commenced this morning on a five mile run up to Windy Saddle on Chimney Gulch with my friend Karen. It was hot, I was feeling the effects of too much wine and not enough water from the night [...]