Smoked out! My hiking and stargazing ambitions were thwarted. That’s OK, time with the parents is always the main thing – and I got to...

A very nice father-daughter visit.  We snow-shoed, ate, did a bunch of NYT crosswords in record time, ate, hiked, admired the full moon ,...

Birthday do-over!  When I finally reached Missoula after a 36-hour travel fiasco, this delicious chocolate-raspberry cake was waiting for...

I’m on a flight home from Wisconsin and Minnesota, grateful to my family – genetic and chosen – for always figuring out the holidays. ...

We hiked behind the house at dawn , then took refuge from the wildfire smoke and daytime heat. Drove with Dad to his favorite day-hiking...