The return of "Dear Melanie!" It's been years since she answered any reader mail and the time has come to get back to work...

This one pretty much speaks for itself...

I'm a bit of a broken record when it comes to fall. My second favorite season of the year for sure!

High school math has entered our den -- where three variable terms form one most excellent trinomial expression! Mr. Foley, feel free t...

I'm getting over my first cold of the fall -- and an early one at that ( to be blamed in my mind on too late summer forest fire smo...

Always very glad for a quick onset of winter weather. Sure, we'll get another little wave of heat, but fall is here to stay and the...

I love my daughter, but I have to admit that packing sack lunches is one of my least favorite things about the new school year. I mean...

Last week was the official start of the XC running/coaching season, and in all of the excitement I pretty much TOTALLY forgot about maki...

An end of summer haiku -- for you!

When we left for vacation the air in the Methow Valley was some of the worst in the state. Its better now, but you know that the smoke i...

GRRRaaaaaaahhhmaaa! Just in case you can't read the hand lettering above :) Part and parcel of many high stress situations... and a...

Last week's Harts Pass . A few friends have 9th grade kids off to school away from home next year... THAT would be pretty rough, bu...

A few fires in the south valley last week... which were amazingly and quickly under control. And a new one this weekend to the north an...

People (and marmots) get excited about things in vastly different ways. I mean sure, there are some common instances of general excitab...

Happy 4th of July week :)

And the grass IS really tall this year!

My daughter and I were out for a run last week - and were attacked by a Goshawk! This happened to me maybe six or seven years ago and I ...

Gack! My comic from last week -- to be follow shortly by the strip for 6.21. Now that summer is officially here, be sure so save some l...

Graduation was last week at our local high school, but the critters at Harts Pass are wise beyond their years as per usual. G'day ...

Spiders invading the house... and the Paris Climate Agreement on my mind.