The soon-to-be-released Tom Cruise movie, Top Gun: Maverick, is the latest big movie to be filmed at our lake. It reminds one of how many m...

My cousin has a Havanese dog named Izzy. As Wikipedia describes them, they are dogs of "immense charm." So it was of no surprise t...

Will you be near Truckee or Tahoe's North Shore on March 21st? Please stop by the Local Author Showcase, which  will be held on Sat...

A week ago we had a major windstorm. The meter at the top of Kirkwood registered a gust of 209 miles per hour. (Although one source doubted ...

After what seems like a dozen rewrites, the next Owen McKenna mystery is now in the hands of my first editor. After she has scoured it with ...

In the old days, if you were at a ski resort and got caught up in an avalanche and buried, you could well have been out of luck. Even if s...

You know how cats love to lounge in a sunny window... I was in San Francisco this week, doing some research for my next book. We came upon...

Wolf pups don't play fetch, right? Or do they? Dogs were domesticated from wolves a long time ago, maybe 30,000 years. The result o...

The Peregrine Falcon is often mentioned as the fastest animal on the planet. Some reliable sources, such as National Geographic, say the bir...

Long time Tahoe-area writer Sam Bauman died a few days ago. He was vital into his nineties. Sam was a friend, a journalist, and a f...

Back-to-back storms, some decent snow. It's great to play in. But what about to look at? Check it out. On our walk today. Looking ...

As I have done in many previous years, I'm making the Kindle version of Tahoe Deep free on Christmas! Please download it and send the li...