Tree Mortality
If it's big enough it shakes the ground with the sound of tearing and crunching. Then comes the thump. The bigger ones may bounce once before coming to a full rest. It's a Continue Reading
If it's big enough it shakes the ground with the sound of tearing and crunching. Then comes the thump. The bigger ones may bounce once before coming to a full rest. It's a Continue Reading
All of a sudden our mobile devices emitted that classic emergency alert sound that used to come on the radio or television when there was a test of the Emergency Broadcasting Continue Reading
I experienced major sticker shock when I first began shopping for homeowners insurance for The Golden K. My long term insurance agent quoted a premium that was about three Continue Reading
As many followers of The Golden K know from blogs of their own writing is not a science and neither is the organization of ones thoughts. The lines between my other blog Continue Reading
Some followers of The Golden K blog may know that I have another blog called Golden Kali. The Golden Kali blog began the day after Kali, a rescue from Taiwan and joined our Continue Reading
We interrupt this weather system to bring you a few days of sunshine.... The Golden K is thawing out. It's a relief that our reservoirs are finally filling up and the snow Continue Reading
I imagine that snow and ice is especially unwelcome when one has to dig out, drive to work, and cover every inch of their body including their face as a regular part of their Continue Reading
I don't typically partake in reflection of the past year as the new year approaches but this year has been like no other. It has been the year of the K. Packing up 34 years Continue Reading
It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on - © 1970; Joni Continue Reading
Over the years we've vacationed in the snow many times. I have fond memories of spending long winter weekends in Lake Tahoe with friends who had small children like our's Continue Reading
We finally got our first real cold day at The Golden K. When we woke up yesterday morning it was in the low thirties. I know for many of you that's not cold but for us Continue Reading
The Golden K has been truly golden this past week. The change in seasons is increasingly evident in the cool mornings and evenings, the early setting sun, and strikingly in Continue Reading
I’m a baby boomer and empty nester still passionately in love with the girl I married years ago as a young man with a vision. We live with our three golden retrievers on five acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Tuolumne. In 2016, after a blessed life raising our family in the San Francisco Bay Area, we packed up suburbia and moved to the mountains. We haven’t looked back…