Author Archives: canoelover

My mechanic has his shop around the corner from the Hummer/Cadillac dealer. As you might guess, it’s a ghost town without the tumbleweeds. I can’t think of a single sane person who is in the market for a 12 mpg … Continue reading →

This was fun…I saw this winged creature and took it for a moth because of the body shape, but it is most assuredly not a moth. It’s a Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), the largest of the normally little skippers, which … Continue reading →

If you know Megan, no words are necessary. If you don’t know Megan, then it can’t be explained in a blog posting. Suffice it to say that Megan will be ordering several cases of this if it’s still in stock. … Continue reading →

…except when you’re in the middle of the red and yellow stripe. And you have been for a few days now. And you’re trying to film a DVD on kayak fishing.

As of February 2008, white law requires an Obama 08 bumper sticker to be placed on the back of every Prius. Though these stickers reach peak effectiveness during an election year, it is acceptable to leave this sticker on the … Continue reading →

There’s some good paddling to be had on the Lower Wisconsin. Sadly, there won’t be much good camping as the sandbars will all be under water. Strange how my affect often follows the same trend as the water levels…

After the last “heavy” posting, as one of my friends called it, I felt that I should put some yin in there with the yang. I bought six fart machines. Sam, who is staying with us for a week or … Continue reading →

“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people who want to be important.”— T.S. Eliot For the longest time I attributed this quote to the great Benjamin Disraeli, as it got stuck in my head that way … Continue reading →

Jim Fietzer, storyteller and friend, moved to Chattanooga a few years ago and I don’t see him enough. The last time I saw him we went paddling and stopped to get pie and hot cocoa on the way home, and … Continue reading →

I got up this mornin’Stumbled outta bedDrove to work on the BeltlineBut had a kayak in my headI got the bluuuuuesss….I got the Monday mornin’ paddlin’ bluuuuuuuessss…. Today was especially Mondayesque. Don’t know why, maybe it’s a lack of time … Continue reading →