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Here's a new series called "Places in Time," an homage to the film "This Place in Time," screened in the 80s at Forest Service St. Helens visitor centers. Let's head to Kid Valley and Highway 504 to the former post-May 18 Red Zone roadblock. Adventurous visitors risked fines driving past this sign.

One outcome of this trip — I need a space for longer-form content. Welcome the Mount St. Helens Archive Medium spot blog place thing whatever.

A Brief Hello…This project all started back in the spring of 2020, when I was holed up in a small apartment as the world teetered on the edge. Trying to…medium.com

From yesterday up near Spud Mountain.

Still thinking about this stoat down at Spirit Lake. Now you're thinking about it, too.

Flew out to PDX today for an in-law family vacation. I initially had a middle seat but the prospect of a 4.5 hour flight stuck in the middle was not appealing. Inspired by @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social I paid for a north facing window seat so I would get this on descent. Worth every penny.

I think the word here is "cathartic." Eruptions heads into hiatus ... and my musings on where we are in science communication, education, research and life: eruptions.site/2026/07/23/t...

The Volcano Show is on Hiatus for RetoolingSo, as most of you know, it has been a rough few years in the realm of science, education and journalism. I won’t get into the big picture issues individually, but they are the backdrop for t…eruptions.site

July 22, 1980 | Eruption #4 John North filed this report for ABC News the next day: three towering plumes, the June dome destroyed, a light dusting of ash on Yakima—as if they needed any more. Ten miles out, gear at Camp Baker showed signs of a hasty retreat. Mount St. Helens is still in business.

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July 22, 1980. A cow grazes on a quiet pasture while an eruption column builds over the horizon. Ignorance is bliss.