Hop Canyon
That Humming Sound
By Michael Mideke
It is pretty quiet where I live in Hop Canyon. City folk remark on the absence of noise. Some find it a little unsettling, like sudden deafness.
Thinking “Like A Fire” For Safety
By Michael Mideke
Hop Canyon
For those of us who have taken up volunteer firefighting, fire season never ends. But there are better and worse times. This summer is about as worse a time as we ever want to see.







