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How Cute is Your Baby?

The Row. Added a few more boats to Canoelover’s Row in the warehouse this morning. Time to keep the winter boats around and shuffle everything else off to hibernate. So yes, I own a fair number (okay, obscene number) of … Continue reading

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Playing Around

Playtime, Wisconsin River. “The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He … Continue reading

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Tenth Annual Order of the Wisconsin River Lover’s (OWL) Solo Canoe Trip

The Order gathered once again this year, and it was an interesting session. With 13 we had quorum so we talked about OWL 2.0. More on that later. If you’re not familiar with the way the OWL works, there are … Continue reading

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Apples

“Calville Blanc d’Hiver (1598) Antique variety from France, where it was grown in the king’s gardens at Orleans; one of the premier gourmet apples still served for dessert in the finer Parisian restaurants; tart, strong, distinctive flavor.” I’m back. I … Continue reading

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A Walk In the Woods

This afternoon, we enter Autumn. Unless you’re from south of the Equator, but I’m going to assume no one from Down Under reads this. The Equinox will occur at 4:21 P.M. We then begin the long slide into darkness, which … Continue reading

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It’s Steel Season!

Da forge. Propane, not coal. Faster, more controllable, and it reduces Black Booger Syndrome. As the summer winds down into cooler fall (I know someday it will), it’s time to switch over to blacksmith mode. I have two 40 pounders … Continue reading

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Let’s do the time warp agaaaaainnn…

ca. 1991, Curtis Companion on Lake Wingra. Still have that boat. Always will. Opening photo albums from 15 years ago is a pretty jarring experience. Things you remember as happening yesterday actually happened back when you not only had hair, … Continue reading

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Tying down a canoe without carrying thwarts.

As I have said before, I consider myself something of an archivist when it it comes to solo canoes. There are too many wonderful solos that are unappreciated for what they are, and I consider it a duty to preserve … Continue reading

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Why Work Wednesdays?

One of the benefits of my work is that I sometime don’t. “Why Work Wednesdays” should have been my idea, but happily someone on my staff decided it would be good to have various trips, led by different folks from … Continue reading

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A Rolling Cliché

While I consider myself left-of-center, I draw the line somewhere. I propose the National Leftist Cliché Elimination Act, which states: I. No person shall affix more than one bumper sticker to their aut0mobile except: in cases where the automobile is … Continue reading

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