Posted by admin on May 25, 2012 in
Musings,
Travel Several weeks ago, Betty and I camped in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge enjoying the buoyant high desert weather and all the bounty of life that accrues to two wet years in succession. Malheur is a moniker for many things in southeastern Oregon; a county, a river, a region. Not too far from Boise, we go [...]
Tags: beaver, birds, black bear, Boise, coyotes, cranes, deer, Donner und Blitzen River, horses, jack rabbit, James Ridge, Malheur, mule deer, Oregon, predator, prey, Robert Moser, Sacramento Mountains, Spud Patch
Posted by admin on June 10, 2011 in
Musings Betty and I recently spent time in south-east and south-central Oregon with friends, looking at the rippling water, the green-gray sage, the juniper, the snow-covered mountains. While driving between Pete French’s round barn and Diamond, we heard a particularly melodic bird song. I stopped the car and rolled down my window and the sweetest sound [...]
Tags: autism, beauty, bird song, cattle feedyard, cattle working pens, Diamond, Down's syndrome, John Wayne, Oregon, Paul Zarzyski, Pete French's round barn, poem, sage thrasher, sagebrush, Steens Mountain
