Conservative

onservative attitudes, positions and behavior emphasize and prioritize stability and safety. If it’s not really broken, it’s not really urgent to fix it. Look before you leap. While changes may recommend themselves, there are always transient implemention costs, and not infrequently there are losses & losers, and even permanent drawbacks & downsides. Liberal is not …

Mountain Beaver an unusual rodent-animal of West Coast North America

Mountain Beaver, binomial Aplodontia rufa, is very familiar to country residents of the coastal Pacific Northwest, but less so in the towns and cities, or on University campuses, where it may have an aura of mystery (or misinformation). Though many rural citizens rarely see the animal itself, they are well aware of it from the …

Mount Mueller Trail, US Forest Service, Olympic Peninsula

ount Mueller Trail is a project just outside , near the west end of along the main . The trail is a loop from its .  The main attraction is a high, sharp, forested ridge (with itself about midway).  The other side of the loop runs along the valley floor of the , a few …

Superhuman emergency strength

uperhuman emergency strength is most often illustrated in the lifting of automobiles off victims pinned underneath, by a rescuer who is not a powerful person, and not athletic. The lesson taken & offered is, that when it is really needed, ordinary people are capable of extraordinary strength – which is not in itself a remarkable, …

Nuclear Quadrapole Resonance

uclear Quadrapole Resonance, NQR, is a science tool, technique or instrument of the same family as the more-familiar MRI or Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  Both probe the nucleus structure of the atom or molecule using radio waves and coils attached to electronic circuits. NQR equipment can be built in elementary forms that are simple, undemanding and …

Deer foot-Vanilla leaf a ground-cover of North America's central West Coast

eer foot-Vanilla leaf is a delicate spring-flowering perennial of moist & shady woodlands, characteristic of coastal zones with marine influence … and stream-valleys and lake-sides.  The leaf is a triplet, with a shape more like a duck or goose foot; the hoof-analogy is a stretch … but the leaf-edge shape is distinctive.  It has a …

Lake Ozette, Olympic Nat’l Park

ake Ozette is regarded as a premier destination of the , both for the large, remote & isolated lake set in the coastal rainforest, and for the seashore trails that branch out from its visitor center.  There is a conventional boat launch on the east shore, and docks by the Ranger Station and campground, at …