by Andy Updegrove | May 29, 2023 | Book Six, CyberSecurity, Political Thriller
It’s taken longer to write than I had hoped, but at long last, Frank Adversego is riding again. The new title, #6 in the series, is The Argus Affair, a Tale of Duplicity and Diplomacy, As with each of the previous books, there’s a unique technology focus,...
by Andy Updegrove | Jan 2, 2021 | My Writing, Wilderness Journal
There are many everyday language tools (metaphors, similes, memes and so on) we take for granted, barely noticing them as we use or hear them. That they scarcely register doesn’t detract from their value, though, as these efficient shortcuts aid understanding, add...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 19, 2020 | My Writing, Nature, Wilderness Journal
Public land is – or, at least should be – just that: public. But what does that mean? And who should be able to decide how such common ground is used? One person’s wilderness policy may be another’s government overreach. John McPhee (one of my favorite authors)...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 12, 2020 | Nature, Wilderness Journal
If you spend any amount of time hiking in the Southwest you will eventually happen upon a scatter of lovely, multicolored stone flakes lying in the sand. In some areas, black obsidian predominates, and in others yellow and red jasper. But most often you’ll find a...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 5, 2020 | My Writing, Nature, Wilderness Journal
Cheatgrass is an innocuous-looking plant you’ll encounter everywhere in the Great Basin. At higher elevations, it’s a wispy, occasional presence filling in the spaces between patches of sagebrush. But in the wide valleys between the mountains it reigns supreme,...
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