Tuesday's postcard, a Respite in the scablands and addressing journalism's Achilles heel

October 1, 2024

Turning aspens at the Ancient Lakes trailhead above Potholes Coulee, south of Quincy, WA

First, just a friendly notice that the gap between this dispatch and the next will be a few days, so I will beg your patience for that interval. I have friends, already arrived from the east coast (one of whom is a mentor, recently retired from the Congressional Rese…