Author Archives: canoelover

….just nothing new to say. So I ain’t saying it. More when I have more to say, Canoelover

The U.W. Arboretum is a real treat for those of us living here. It’s specially wonderful when we get a ton of snow. Or 18 inches. That’s fine too. Walking through the woods tends to slow me down, especially on … Continue reading →

This happened fifteen years ago. I wanted to capture it before I forgot. As I wrote it I remembered a lot of the detail that I had lost. – DB “Excuse me, are you open?” A woman looked up from … Continue reading →

I love my Shack. But I love my Shack even more when it is covered with snow, the stovepipe belching smoke, the heat of the wood stove penetrating my spine as I sit with my back to the fire, the … Continue reading →

I spoke too soon…Spring Valley Lodges is not out of business. They changed ownership, and some nasty domain squatter grabbed their URL. Squatters. And if we kill them we go to jail. And they call this justice? Anyway, the tipi … Continue reading →

So a few years ago Ken, then our Events Director, approached me about purchasing a tipi. He explained that it would be cool to use at events. “Okay,” said I. “How exactly would we use it?” “Well, it would be … Continue reading →

“That’s not a knife…this is a knife.” – Crocodile Dundee Today was a Baja Mermaids reunion at the homestead…Stephanie had her friends from the great Baja Mermaids trip of October over for food, drink, and knitting. The house being awash … Continue reading →

It’s the day after the day of giving thanks, and I slept in, went to the gym with my daughter and burned a few hundred calories, thereby reducing my deficit but not eliminating it. But it was good, since the … Continue reading →

Bingo and Gussie, as pups. After two weeks of rat hospice, Bingo, a.k.a. Rat 3.0, has passed on to the Great Exercise Wheel in the Sky. Ian hand-fed him for two weeks, and I’m sure that had something to do … Continue reading →

I am a fortunate man. Just sayin’. Respectfully submitted, Canoelover