Bear Butte (Mato Paha) rises as a sacred forested hill from the flats of South Dakota. Visiting Native Americans making their pilgrimages leave bits of fabric tied to trees along the pathway. A cold fog settled on the ground as we hiked silently upwards towards the top.  An eagle flew over a tangled winter ravaged […]

My father and I had driven his ford pickup truck and trailer to a small town north of Portland, Oregon. Sitting in a dilapidated barn was the WWII training plane covered in dust slowly decaying. We paid the owner the $1800 and somehow loaded the frame, wings and parts onto the trailer and headed back […]