On a walk Friday, I visited Plante's Ferry Park in Spokane Valley, Washington. The park is located where the first "settler"* ...

Someone built a house near the banks of the Spokane River, and at some point in the past it was abandoned.

What passes for thinking today is the old process of relating the unknown and unexpected to familiar categories of explanation which have be...

When I posted " Ice Volcano " two weeks ago, we knew there was air to the surface of our pond. Since then, until today, this air h...

The kids got to the gate ... and one built a snowman.

My brother in Virginia asked for more photos of eastern Washington's winter storm. At 4:00pm yesterday, it had temporary stopped snowing...

The weather service recorded 17 inches of snow at Spokane International Airport in the 24 hours that ended at 4 a.m., 4 inches more than the...

...and it's still coming down with the bulk expected tomorrow. The TV weather guy just announced that the official seven inches at the a...

In order to maintain our koi through the winter, we have an aerator in the pond. The bubbling air assures that throughout most of the winter...