Author Archives: canoelover

While the transition from Summer to Autumn is fairly gradual (at least here in God’s Country), Spring seems to hammer us.  One day (yesterday) it’s snowing; today, rivulets are flowing down the valleys of the roof and the snow from … Continue reading →

Dear March, come in! How glad I am! I looked for you before. Put down your hat– You must have walked– How out of breath you are! Dear March, how are you? And the rest? Did you leave Nature well? … Continue reading →

I just spent a day in Easley, South Carolina at Confluence Watersports, a canoe and kayak manufacturer.  It has been a good year or so since I’ve spent any time with a few of these folks and it’s nice to … Continue reading →

So I can make stuff like this. It has been way too long. Respectfully submitted, Canoelover

A few weeks ago I was at a trade show in Salt Lake City.  I heard a presentation from the Director of Sustainability for Walmart.  Yep, you heard right. I’m glad they’re doing something.  Given their gargantuan size, they can … Continue reading →

Last week I mentioned I wanted to do some unnecessary ornamentation to my sassafras Racine paddle.  Sunday was lovely,  but with temps in the 40s, the world was turning into a Slurpee. Given the lack of snowshoeable surfaces, we punted. … Continue reading →

There’s a tiny little cheese factory in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.  It has limited capacity, and they like it that way.  Rather than focusing on the strip-mined blocks of orange stuff you find in your supermarket, the make really, really good … Continue reading →

Normally I would say “litter upon which one could sit” but that’s just wrong.  One should not be a prisoner to language.  Anyway… I got thinking about One-Shot after my posting about paddles and painting them, and realized where I … Continue reading →

I have this beautiful guide paddle I bought last year. It’s Sassafras.  It’s gorgeous. And I sorta want to paint all over it.  So it looks like this: So I’m starting with this: I am applying this with a pinstripe … Continue reading →

I am a visual person, which means if I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.  Filing cabinets are black holes.  Opaque Tupperwares or Rubbermaids might as well be stone sarcophagi.  I have gear I didn’t know about because it was inside … Continue reading →