I’m Logan and these are my stories, observations, pictures and reviews direct from Upper Left USA.

I am older than dirt and at times my opinions may be tainted by snark, sarcasm and/or cursing.

The Pacific Northwest’s amazing vistas of volcanoes, rain forests, glaciers, islands, endless beaches, mountain ranges, orchards, wheatfields, shrub steppe, lakes and rivers are my inspiration.

I write about people and places with a focus on nature, wildlife, geography, geology and local history.

If you are a PNW writer, photographer, artist or historian please let me know; I would love to see your work.

I have horses in my life, so I write about them too sometimes.

A couple of years ago, to satisfy my love of sagebrush (artemesia tridentata), I bought 20 acres of shrub steppe overlooking the Kittitas Valley in Washington and built my dream vacation house. It’s a perfect writer’s retreat.

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