Mt St Helens — not a new eruption: an ash plume…

by | Aug 14, 2010 | Journal

carried aloft by unusual winds. Downwind ash warnings across Washington state. Apparently gale-force winds have lofted a plume of old ash from St. Helens, from the crater region. Neighboring towns are being warned, but not, as originally thought, a new eruption. The...

We spent the evening sitting under the stars…

by | Aug 14, 2010 | Journal

…Jane thinks she saw one of the Perseids, and her brother and I spotted 2 satellites and a high-flying airplane… Perfect temperatures, clear night by the pond, with the waterfall sound, and the memorial stone lantern lit. We sat out there all evening,...