Environment Ode to a wood stove It's fall, which means time to turn up the heat. For our writer, who appreciates every step from felling a tree to stacking a cord, there's nothing like heating a home with a fire. by Gardiner Davis / October 14, 2009
Environment The dog that climbed trees A Catahoula Leopard dog: too smart for pigs by Gardiner Davis / September 3, 2009
Culture Big, cold-hearted river The author and Cal, just after the rescue by Gardiner Davis / July 9, 2009
Politics Here come the plug-in hybrid-electric cars A plug-in hybrid Prius, juxtaposed. (CalCars.org) by Carolyn McConnell / January 8, 2008
