When I first started riding my bike to work a couple months ago, I had "gloves" written down on my list of things to acquire to be fully prepared.

The Guadalupe River was in surprisingly nice form last weekend.  A good friend, Jacob, and I put our kayaks in at the state park and floated the nine miles down to Bulverde in 3.5 hours.  We were

It's not even 5am and I've already encountered what has to be the first April Fool's joke of the day. Yeah, I know I'm up early.

It's embarrassing that I've been so absent from my writing. It's Ian's fault. Being a dad is time-consuming. But I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing. I love that boy.

Thanks to my good friend Bill Salter for a beautiful morning out on the duck lease along the Bear River.  The tree in this picture had a beautiful bald eagle sitting in it until just before I clicked the shutter.  Oh well, the scene is still a nice one.