To make or provide from available materials. Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #2: Improvise Jerry's brother, Tiff, accidentally removed his little brother's middle finger with an axe when Jerry was young. Thus, Jerry literally did not have the finger-picking ability of other...
Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #1
Jerry Garcia was born on this day in 1942. In the years since his death on August 9, 1995, Garcia fans have taken to celebrating "Nine Days of Jerry,' which covers the span from August 1st (his birthday) to August 9th. This year, with encouragement from Darby, I am...
Takhlakh Lake To Rattlesnake Hills And Back: A Journey Around The Lonely Volcano
I recently pitched Travel & Leisure on a "three days in Oregon food and beverage experience," and I can see how that article--and the trip it will require to write it--plays out. But more on that another day. Today, I want to detail a different route into the heart of...
San Francisco Anti-Capitalists Give “The Finger” To Information Workers
Photo by Ariel Waldman James Temple, writer of "Dot-Commentary" in the pages of The San Francisco Chronicle, is concerned about the negative image tech workers have in the city. A growing number of San Franciscans are fed up, not just with startups, but with techies...
Enter The Ungroomed Disc Golf Course At Your Own Risk
ALBANY, OR—Bryant Park Disc Golf Course is a difficult course to play well. The layout is long and confusing with no directional signs whatsoever, and the wooded holes are densely packed with trees and brush. Keeping your disc in play on this course is essential, or...