I did the fateful thing. I updated all my #emacs packages after not touching them for 5 months. Now I’m recompiling emacs from the latest sources to try to make mysterious new errors go away. You pull one thread…
Different outlooks
The web page for the Portugese Camno says " Every year more and more people choose the Portuguese Camino." I g...This is not sustainable. People will just stop providing content if they have to pay for the bots and the time to fight them.
Annoy a marketing person. Set your phone to always use greyscale. Much less interesting that way :-)
Stop Android apps from running
On Android you can stop most apps from running my turning on “extreme battery saver mode”. The app icons gre...What do I really need?
I’m returning to “normal life” after a month of hiking in northern Sweden. I carried everything I need...Done.
400 km and 30 days later. Abisko to Hemavan. Hiking out from Viterskalstugan. Looking back up a glaci...Inside a Sami kåta
kåta are wood and earth structures built by the Sami people in northern Sweden (and I presume Norway, Finland and Russia...Trail features
Here are some of the features of the kungsleden trail itself Miles and miles of boardwalk The boardwalks are often over...Boats
Crossing Riebnes from Vuonatjviken The lake freezes hard enough to drive dump trucks full of rocks across in the winter....Kvikkjokk
A long boat ride ahead Where in the world? Kungsleden is about 300km in the north of Sweden The church in Kvikkj...Vignettes of a hike through beauty
Don’t slip The swedish word for “river” is “flod”. Seems about right here. Teusajaure Possibly the most beautiful...Sitojaure
Preparing to cross Sitojsure in the rain It’s not every day a Sami tries to convince you to share the cost of a helicopt...The changing mountains
This is a collection of photos of mountains by Saltolukta in Sweden, taken from the same spot. Mountains are ever changing.Shared stories?
Stories bind us together, and stories drive us apart. With the 250th anniversary of America’s founding approaching...Beauty everywhere you look
A few views from the first stage of Kungsleden northern Sweden Approaching kaitumjaure early in the morning Crossing a ...Cameras can’t capture awe
This is a picture of a Sami village along the kungsleden in northern Sweden. The view is typical of what we’ve been wal...Midnight Sun
8:40 pm Sun, Abisko, sweden This was the 8:40 sun just after midsommar (solstice) above the Arctic Circle. ...glad midsommar
It’s not dark in Sweden. Time for dancing and maypoles.
If the shoe fits
Yesterday we visited the “Bata shoe museum” in Toronto. Yes, there is a shoe museum. They have an exhibit fr...Yesterday I practiced that most quintessentially American activity: dodging taxes. And to make it even more authentic, I can blame the Indians (see the Boston Tea Party).
I bought gas on the Seneca Indian reservation. New York State gets nothing.
Gotta celebrate 250 somehow :-)
Sic transit gloria pontis
There is a lot of nothing in “the wilds” of north central PA. An elk herd…Foecast for the start of the next hike says 40s (7 C) and %35 chance of rain when we hike out. I always picture warm, sunny trails before I encounter reality :-/. Say “la vee”.