Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Jacob Andrew

Jacob Andrew

I have returned to my homeland of mountains with woods thick as hair and rivers choked pink with spawning salmon. Every waking minute in this fertile land is an inspiration to capture its essence.

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About Jacob Andrew

I have returned to my homeland of mountains with woods thick as hair and rivers choked pink with spawning salmon. Every waking minute in this fertile land is an inspiration to capture its essence.

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  • Bus Stop

    In the Southern Hemisphere, Summer arrives in December. December, the month of media hype about Santa Claus at the frozen North Pole. Oh, not so along the Orinoco River ... the River that might be mostly made up of the sweat of travelers at that time of year ...

  • The Traverse

    Just a hike, one might think, until the air stops nourishing your lungs, and the cold gnaws at your arms and legs, and gravity whispers that just one wrong step will be your last...

  • Roraima

    On the mountain, you have nothing but what you can carry -- that which is essential. Is the burden heavier going up the trail, or coming down?

  • Four Corners

    The states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet at the Four Corners Monument, but there is another quadripoint at which come together Time, Space, Heart, and Soul...

Comics

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  • Peek of the Week 225

    Shortoff Mountain in the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area (NC), after a fire had swept through.

  • Peek of the Week 262

    Tiny orange fungi brave the Bradley Fork Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

  • Peek of the Week 294

    A view of Mt. Washington from the Talus Loop of Mt. Si, in the Cascade Range of Washington, USA.

  • Peek of the Week 298

    Talus Loop of Mt Si in the Cascades of Washington, USA.

  • Peek of the Week 341

    Winter still reigns over the Lake Constance Trail in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA.

  • Peek of the Week 347

    A waterfall graces the forest along the Dosewallips Trail in the Olympic Mountains of Washington, USA.

  • Peek of the Week 369

    Headlee Pass -- a study in talus.

  • Peek of the Week 374

    A scene to make you want to snuggle up on the hearth at the lodge ...