Author Archives: canoelover

My garage has a certain ungarageness to it. We haven’t parked a car in it for over seven years. Half of the garage is a boathouse, the other half is a blacksmith’s smithy. Yesterday was spent largely mucking out the … Continue reading →

I was a guest blogger for the Outdoor Retailer website.  This is what emerged from a sleep-deprived early morning stream of semi-consciousness. —————————– “Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast … Continue reading →

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.” – Jesus Looks like a bee, flies like a…well…a … Continue reading →

Sometimes it’s hard to be a follower of Christ. It’s actually not that hard in the sense of living the basic tenants…love one another, take care of each other, avoid hypocrisy, don’t be selfish, judge not that ye be not … Continue reading →

This is my friend Rosie, the Rose Tarantula. [OMGican’tbelievehehasatarantulaonhishand]

When I was invited to paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail with a group of writers, photographers and retailers (they considered me a triple threat), I had no idea what I was in for. I had seen pictures of the … Continue reading →

Vance is skipping kindergarten through 12th grade and going right to business school.  He would not leave my Blackberry alone.  I think he called his broker five or six times.

So said Gilbert and Sullivan in HMS Pinafore. I took this picture a few years ago at Libby Flats, elevation about 11,000 feet, in the Snowy Range in Southern Wyoming. I’ve shown this picture to quite a few people and … Continue reading →

“INFJs are future oriented, and direct their insight and inspiration toward the understanding of themselves and thereby human nature. Their work mirrors their integrity, and it needs to reflect their inner ideals. Solitude and an opportunity to concentrate thoroughly on … Continue reading →