ClimbingSky

Why Baseball, Books, and the Grateful Dead matter


February 2026

  • “One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,  Read more

  • February has arrived in the North Country. The inevitable Arctic temperatures of January should be behind us for the most part now. I wish I could say the same for ICE. They are still here, after all—though supposedly in fewer and less visible numbers. But the damage to Democracy has been done. The America that… Read more

  • The first Monday of February calls for another tune from Saint Jerry. Here he is with Grisman. Enjoy! Read more

  • 600 Days and a New Cadence

    When I started blogging again a year and a half ago, I knew from experience that posting daily would only last so long. I knew that, eventually, that cadence would need to be adjusted. After almost 600 daily posts, that time has come. My habit has been to do most of my work on ClimbingSky between 5:30… Read more