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Yosemite Me
Jul 31, 20214 min read
Yosemite's Alien Message Finally Decoded!
Yosemite Valley, July 16, 2031 -- A team of linguists, philologists, paleontologists, lexicographers, anthropologists, and archeologists...
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Yosemite Me
Jun 27, 20214 min read
Keep the Shuttles Shuttered!
"There is no hardship, risk or danger in any part of the Yosemite trip. Many old people and children visit the Valley without difficulty...
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Yosemite Me
May 31, 20215 min read
The Best Way to See Yosemite Valley!
“Look closely and I think you will see a future Yosemite experience that will allow everyone to enjoy this place in a way that is...
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Yosemite Me
Apr 30, 20214 min read
'If You're Going . . . To Yosemite Valley' ~ Part 2
The week of July 27th, 2015 averaged 100 degrees in Yosemite Valley during the day. At night, the humidity reached over 40%. That week I...
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Yosemite Me
Mar 31, 20214 min read
'If You're Going . . . To Yosemite Valley' ~ Part 1
"People in motion . . . People in motion." San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) John Phillips, Songwriter (1967) Yosemite...
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Yosemite Me
Feb 27, 20214 min read
A Bear Incident: "The Breath of Fear" ~ Part 2
In a study conducted by scientists at Northwestern University, researchers reported that Individuals “were more likely to remember an...
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Yosemite Me
Feb 1, 20215 min read
A Bear Incident: "The Breath of Fear" ~ Part 1
"As scientists learn more, the emphasis, in some cases, is on managing the behavior of humans rather than the behavior of bears."
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Yosemite Me
Dec 31, 20205 min read
Yosemite Falls (2020): Looking Back and Welcoming Back!
"This noble fall has far the richest, as well as the most powerful, voice of all the falls of the Valley, its tones varying from the...
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Yosemite Me
Nov 30, 20204 min read
A Note to You . . . and to Me
"Your second grader’s story should describe an event — or a series of events — using details to describe the characters’ actions,...
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Yosemite Me
Oct 26, 20205 min read
A Bear Incident: The Kings of Food and Olfaction!
“And as if fearing that anything eatable in all his dominions should escape being eaten, [the bear] breaks into cabins to look after...
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Yosemite Me
Sep 26, 20204 min read
Exceeding Expectations!
". . . its hospitality and gift-sharing occur unexpectedly in its own way and in its own time. "
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Yosemite Me
Aug 31, 20206 min read
"Not So Nice to Meet You, Mr. Coyote!"
“The cayote is a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton, with a gray wolfskin stretched over it . . ."
Mark Twain
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Yosemite Me
Aug 1, 20205 min read
Nest Building
“Never let a problem to be solved become
more important than a person to be loved.” --
Barbara Johnson,
American Literary Critic
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Yosemite Me
Jun 22, 20205 min read
"Transparent as Glass"
“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our...
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Yosemite Me
May 19, 20205 min read
"Roadfill"
"Bring back as many as you can stuff in your cheeks."
Brutus
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Yosemite Me
Apr 27, 20204 min read
Sanctuary . . . Closed!
“Why was I not made of stone like thee?”
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Yosemite Me
Mar 31, 20204 min read
"I'm Going to See It!"
I started to think I would never see one . . . but now I am certain I will.
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Yosemite Me
Feb 29, 20204 min read
Freedom on Chilnualna Falls Road - Part 2
“He who is brave is free” ― Seneca
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Yosemite Me
Jan 31, 20204 min read
Freedom on Chilnualna Falls Road - Part 1
I have walked along Chilnualna Falls Road for many years and have not once gone unaccompanied by this companion.
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Yosemite Me
Dec 31, 20194 min read
"Wakie Wakie, Yosemite Falls!" (2019)
"Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise."
John Lennon/Paul McCartney -- The Beatles
Lyrics from Golden Slumbers
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