Thunderstorms, even severe thunderstorms, are common on the northern plains, especially in early summer, when warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico sweeps up the plains and collides with the yet wintry and drier air of the north. Most often these collisions dissipate without much fanfare, but sometimes, and ever so rarely, these storms…
Author: Life Along The River
This Mountain
We live at the base of So-Bahli- Ahli. Lofty lady. It’s the name local tribes gave the mountain that presides over the living here in our far-flung corner of the Pacific Northwest. The valley of the Stillaguamish. This was before the settlers came and the farmer that lost his horse. The mountain that was once…
Swan
We debate what kind. Trumpeter or Tundra? Juvenile? Why alone here with the mergansers and mallards? We notice the shape of the beak. The nudge of orange. The grey rolling down the narrow neck and onto her back. Like dirty snow. Or clouded sky. The wonderous wings unfurl and spread every now and again. I…
