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Indian Summer Road Trip
In the middle of October, Alli and I hit the road to Los Angeles in the Juniper Ridge Field Lab van. Mohawk General Store welcomed us for a Field Lab event – distilling White Sage for the people of...
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Summer Camp memories
The season is already locked up in the Sierra – the snow falls and indian summer is over. We dream of sweet August wind and remember the rugged beauty to be hidden under its white coat for the next...
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East Bay Autumn Wild
Homeland – Mt. Diablo – Northern California We are only a few months from the wildflower season. A lupine still flowers in the East Bay hills.
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Tahoe – the last sunny days of early November
Lake Tahoe Truckee Tahoe’s autumn salmon run is coming to its inevitable, tragic conclusion. The thousands of Kokanee at Taylor Creek are turning gray and the air smells foul – yet it is still one of...
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Southern Oregon, whispers of winter
Oregon Cascades – Siskiyou National Forest. A dreamscape, inspired by the wildscape, helps me remember, helps me forget.
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Vastly, Northern California
We take this lonely season well enough. It’s where we live – spread far across the wilds of Northern California, between the big sage mountains and the endless carpet of conifer. We willfully obey all...
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Beam & Anchor, Portland, Oregon
In my heart, there are few retail sites in the West that garner as much respect as Beam & Anchor in Portland, Oregon. The mix of all, lovingly crafted brands creates a vibe, a synergy that is hard...
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General Store, San Francisco
General Store, out near Ocean Beach in San Francisco, is another of my favorite places to get stuff that somehow, I’m sure I need. I’m convinced I need it because of the pure vibe that the certain...
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The New Retail in Los Angeles
I’m moving towards a 100% American made lifestyle when it comes to things I buy, wear and consume. It is the natural trajectory of sustainability – a call out to a return to bioregional economies....
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Mohawk General Store, Los Angeles
Mohawk General Store in Los Angeles is the apex of modern retail. Here we learn, not only because we are afforded within the aesthetic culture of this place, the possibility to reinvent ourselves –...
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#southlandholidaytour
Photo story of 9 days in Southern California, with hash tags Highway 33 #Cuyamavalley Carrizo #waitingforwildflowers Ojai Rancho Inn @sheltersocialclub @allforthemountain #fieldlabvan @juniperridge...
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the top metal albums of 2012
I was born into metal and raised on punk. It is what I listen to - it is what I love. I always wanted to be a musician but (as they say) these guys rock harder so I don’t have to. I am a backpacker...
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Winter Reading
Winter Reading – Obi Kaufmann. I love my library. I keep it light, I don’t want to own cases and cases full of books. I want to collect choice editions and keep it current. I am an avid donator of old...
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Treasures – The Everyday Precious
We just moved and that, in my mind, requires the taking of a great deal of emotional inventory. Below is a photo story of real stuff from real places that I hold onto as part of my real history. Simple...
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Mushroom Season on Mount Tamalpais
Earlier this month, Hall (@juniperridge) Alli (@nativeeverywhere) Jay (@onetrippass) Alison (@alaalison) Hanna (@kaptenhanna) Flynn (@flynnstagram) and myself, Obi (@coyotethunder) headed up to the...
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The Bags – Branded in Paper
I am a consumer, I admit it. I like to think of myself as a discerning consumer, but a consumer none the less. I spend a great deal of time deliberating how I spend my money, but once I’ve set my mind...
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