Author Archives: canoelover

Blantant product placement. 2 c. milk.  Our family prefers Sassy Cow Creamery Skim. 3/4 c. cocoa powder.  Trust me on this. 1 Tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. Penzey’s Chili Powder 3000. Heat milk, whisk in the cocoa.  It will look more like … Continue reading →

Sunflowers, somewhere in South Dakota. I grew up in the West and spent a lot of time in California and Utah, where mountains are what it’s all about.  You climb them, look at them, and generally, everyone assumes that beauty … Continue reading →

Falconry?  No way.  I prefer snailing. Why? Snails do not have sharp talons.  No glove is needed.   Snails also leave a mucus behind that acts as a waterproof coating, saving me the trouble of using waterproofing restorer. Falconry is … Continue reading →

Thanks, veterans (and active duty folks).  It’s a tough time to be a soldier.  Hope you’ll be home with your husbands and wives, parents, sisters, brothers, girlfriends and boyfriends this time next year.  To the thousands of you in VA … Continue reading →

Took a short (2 hour) paddle this morning on the Sugar River.  Bill Kueper, VP from Wenonah Canoe, was down for an overnight visit.  We solved all the world’s problems.  But since the world won’t listen to us, we settled … Continue reading →

A lot of people tell me I have the perfect job. This could be offensive to me if I felt the person saying that had a clue as to what my job really entails.  Truth is, a lot of the … Continue reading →

Sometimes there appears a piece of kit that is so simple and ingenius you wonder why no one else thought of it before.  This is such a piece of kit. Kelly Kettles were invented by Irish fishermen so they could … Continue reading →

It wasn’t a perfect day. It wasn’t a perfect day because I want to have someplace to go if something improves.  I can’t find a thing I’d change about this day except to make it slightly longer. I had a … Continue reading →

So I just hauled over 1,000 pounds of bathroom remodel debris to the County Landfill (‘dump’ is so 1970s).  It smelled like a dump.  Usually does. The one thing that made it cool … a truck pulled in next to … Continue reading →