About

I am a retired biology teacher and naturalist in the Pikes Peak Region. Most of my recent research has involved the response of insects to forest thinning. But I also write fiction, poetry, and music. I find that very few readers care about Natural History, but I sprinkle it in anyway. Some people seem to like my poetry, and lots of people download my music, maybe to steal it, if any of it is good enough. I don’t really know why I do this, beyond the fun of the daily creation. Hope you find something to like.

(Cover photo: Jeremy Sueltenfuss, overlooking the Crater from Windy Point on Pikes Peak).

Why Mountain Breakfast?

Well, many years ago, before computers and the internet, I wrote a short story about a man who carried an enormous length of garden hose up a mountain with the goal of starting a siphon to run water from a lake to his cabin below. His only friend, a water attorney (?!?!), warned him that stealing water could get him in a lot of trouble. But, undeterred by this cautionary advice, he proceeded to climb to the lake and start the siphon. Meanwhile, his friend cooked breakfast in the cabin below. By the time the hose was hooked up, his friend had set fire to the kitchen and lost control of his wits. Just when it looked like the cabin would be burned to ashes, the hose began blasting water, and he was able to save the house. This was the first of several short-short stories in a series that I called Mountain Breakfast, in which each tale involved cooking or eating breakfast in the wild. It was all about humans, all about nature, and all about human nature. I’m still at it, still hiking and thinking and writing tales, although they’re longer now, and not about eating breakfast.

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