
A wild spot just 36 miles from the urban bustle of San Francisco. The purple wildflowers are douglas irises. They’re native to the Pacific coast; some ranchers consider them weeds. Photos by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
A couple of weeks ago, I mourned the loss of little hill in Michigan called Eagle Top. This week I’d like to celebrate a place that, unlike Eagle Top, has been preserved in all its wild and pastoral beauty – the vast triangle of land along the California coast known as Point Reyes, especially the narrow outcropping called Chimney Rock. [Read more...]








