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Accretionary Wedge 28: Familial Bookcase-crop
This Accretionary Wedge, hosted at Research at a snail’s pace, is focused on desk-crops. Normally, this would be very exciting – I have a healthy assortment of rocks. But, unfortunately, I put all my...
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The Upsides and Downsides of Mountains
I’ve lived in Western Washington for a total of twenty-one years, so it’s really easy for me to answer this month’s Accretionary Wedge (#29!) as posed by Ann at Ann’s Musings on Geology & Other...
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AW #30: The Moon is Made of Toasted Coconut.
The Accretionary Wedge #30 was a Geologic Bake Sale! Baking is one of my favorite hobbies, and I wanted to do something new and exciting for this challenge. When I saw this recipe, inspiration struck....
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Accretionary Wedge #32: Carnival of Blogs
Ann at Ann’s Musings on Geology & Other Things is hosting March’s Accretionary Wedge, with the special Mardi Gras theme of a parade of favorite geology pictures! It’s always hard to pick a favorite...
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Weird AND Scenic: Accretionary Wedge #34
“… a weird and scenic landscape peculiar to itself” was how President Calvin Coolidge described Craters of the Moon when he proclaimed it a National Monument in May of 1924. For my entry in the...
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Jurassic Lantern
As a kid, “Jurassic Park” gave me nightmares. I would lay in bed, and think about how a Tyrannosaurus could totally hide behind my parent’s rhododendron bush. The only consolation was that my bedroom...
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It’s a Branch, It’s a Pothole – no, it’s an Earthquake!
For December’s Accretionary Wedge, (#41!) Ron Schott has asked us to describe the most significant or memorable geologic event we have personally experienced. The first thing that sprang to my mind was...
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