Mushroom Hunting in Humboldt
Patrick’s Point State Park in Humboldt County is a premier spot for surfing along the north coast of California, and is well known for being a great place for spotting all varieties of wild mushrooms. And though they may look pretty, they can be deadly. Thanks to Roger’s Mushrooms for providing a visual guide to [...]
Flora and Fauna of the American Northwest
It is spring and the usual photos of Japanese people of all ages and incomes gathered as one nation undivided in drunken revelry beneath cherry blossoms across the archipelago are nowhere to be seen. I’m feeling a bit of anxiety at the missing pink and white pixels flashing across my laptop’s screensaver slideshow. The only [...]
Love of Country, Love of Nothing
Something started me thinking about my roots, about where I come from, about my homeland, and how desolate the feeling is between what I think and the reality which lives so far from me. I don”t know when the last time I talked to a Californian. Someone who knows what it means to drive the [...]
