Author: Pi

Yosemite

       Camping can be awfully cold. But nature is beautiful and always full of surprises.   I sit here on the perfect end of a star, watching light pour itself toward me. — Richard Brautigan, “Star Hole”     Read more →

Soapstone Owls

Do you know where the adverb “raspy” came from? Some wonderful person realized that a rasp ( /rasp/ n. a coarse file or similar metal tool with a roughened surface for scraping, filing, or rubbing down objects of metal, wood, or other hard material) unfortunately resembles how sore throat feels… Thank goodness for high grit sandpaper. It really smoothed out these little… Read more →