Straight from the East Bay — We got our own slang But everybody took it — Zion I, “The Bay” If you don’t live in California (or on the West Coast, or maybe west of the Rockies, or even in the U.S. at all), you may not be especially familiar with the slang term “hella.” Hella…

⚠️ Warning: Coffee Nerd Alert ⚠️ — A couple of years ago, my lovely and thoughtful wife gifted me an Aeropress Go. The Go is a slightly smaller Aeropress whose components all nest together in a neat little package — perfect for travel. I started experimenting with it and wound up loving it so much that I…

(For the #WriteHere prompt “A Dark Night”) OMAHA, Nebraska — Another night ends and turns to morning while I’m still at work. …

5 days traversing the Beartooth Plateau north to south — Nearly every year, two of my college friends and I go on an epic backpacking adventure somewhere in the West, always a different destination. I made a list of them this year and thought I’d share: 2009: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2010: Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Colorado 2012: Yosemite National Park…

On Monday, The Guardian published an opinion piece titled: That’s big news. The problem is … President Biden did not say that it’s time to pack the court. You’d be forgiven for interpreting it that way, since colons after names are regularly used for attribution of a quotation. President Biden…