Tom offers a big wet kiss to Bay Area trails. … here I remain, a quarter of a century later, no worse for wear (except for that nagging bum ankle). But I still often ask myself, “What am I doing…

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Tom stopped by that place of general, all-around wonderfulness in Utah. Somehow, in the conditioned mind, you’re not supposed to see or associate water with an arid environment. And yet here! –and there! – and everywhere! – it exists, flowing…

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I managed to omit Gambolin’ Man’s blog from the collection of essential sites I posted the other day. Its owner, who also has the good sense to be named Tom, is a honcho of sorts at the University of California…

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