Anyone in an urban area who's ever wanted to see something in the night sky is typically frustrated by light pollution. In the more rura...

In the last 20 years I've spoken at more libraries than I can count. Several dozen across Northern California and Northern Nevada. Next ...

 This is the 33rd spring snowmelt season we've experienced since moving to Tahoe. We've seen several big years. This beats them all....

 If you look at the photo above and ignore the guy sitting on the rock, you will see how clear Tahoe water is. Unfortunately, Tahoe has been...

In a previous post, I mentioned that I've had a few people comment over the years that Owen McKenna reminds them a bit of MacGyver, a sh...

 The current official measurements detail what we already know. We've got serious snow. In some places, more than they've ever measu...

 A winter like this presents many problems. I've seen and heard many avalanche stories. If you go into the back country, there is a lot ...

Multiple times over the years, people have mentioned the show MacGyver in relation to my books. It's a show we've never seen. (I kno...

 My new book, McKenna #21, is in the publication pipeline! Number 21 in the Owen McKenna Tahoe Mystery series In TAHOE FLIGHT , a murderer i...

 On one side of our house, we access our house through a near tunnel. We step and slide down a vertical wall of snow 15 feet deep. The other...

We keep making the national news. Another storm will be in process when this gets posted Sunday, March 5th. Do we have enough snow? Yes. How...

First, an observation, then an epiphany... Everyone knows that literary one-hit wonders exist (writers who write one book and find attention...