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Beside the Log

Stories

Journeys, memorials and the trail reviews that came before the log

The log is the weekly work: one morning, one page. These are the longer pieces. A journey is a trip told day by day from its own record; a story is one subject followed across many mornings of the log; a review is a trail written up before the log began.

Story A Memorial

The Boat in the Corner of the Frame

The riverboat that sat in the park's boatyard across the bay from Indian Island, on the far shore of a lot of my frames for years, adrift one December morning and cut up the next July. Which boat it was, and every frame of it in the log.

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Journey Seattle, Vancouver and Southeast Alaska

Seattle to Sitka and Back

Ten nights, seven ports and one fjord in May 2024, told from the phone that kept the record: every time and place from its geotags, the ship's daily program and the archives.

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Trail review Buford, Georgia

Laurel Ridge Trail

A fun trail with views of Lake Lanier, the Buford Dam, and the Chattahoochee River all in one loop, but watch for the missing markers.

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Trail review Stone Mountain, Georgia

Venable Lake Loop

A tucked-away loop on the Cherokee Trail that keeps you beside the water almost the whole way, with great views back to Stone Mountain.

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The original Trail Stories page is still here, with the reviews as they were first published.