Author Archives: canoelover

Our new deck is nearing completion. We’ll get the railing on next week, so this was our last chance to trespass and get this shot. It goes without saying that I have the best staff in the world, but I … Continue reading →

My friend MK has a cool blog and she just posted a thing about weird signs found in the outdoors. I thought about a few good ones from the trip Ian and I took a few years ago. He’s a … Continue reading →

Gil was lonely and needed a friend. So Ian made a lobster. Ian did most of the welding. He’s getting pretty good at it.

“Yes…..the hate is swelling in you now. Take your PAC money. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger. With each passing moment, you make yourself more my servant. Young fool, only now, … Continue reading →

“Compassion is the ultimate attitude of wealth: an anti-poverty attitude, a war on want. It contains all sorts of heroic, juicy, positive, visionary, expansive qualities. And it implies larger scale thinking, a freer and more expansive way of relating to … Continue reading →

Bratfest is Madison’s carnivorous festival—190,000 brats were consumed last weekend. A disgusting thing if you think about it too much, so I suggest you don’t. We also took a few dozen boats over to the pond next to the Alliant … Continue reading →

We took the Memorial Day holiday opportunity to run the Upper Sugar (Hwy X to Hwy EE). Lovely paddle, and Ian paddled the Argosy the whole way, a good 15 miles or so. We called our friends Bill and Gail … Continue reading →

Ian is working on another school art project (the latest in the crustacean theme – a lobster). The forge was hot and I felt like working along side him, rather than helping him to give him a little more independence … Continue reading →

Jon likes to fasten his camera to the front thwart of the canoe and just let it take pictures, one every ten seconds or so. It actually works pretty well to capture what is going on. Thanks, Jon, for a … Continue reading →

“If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.” — Albert Einstein Wishing for more Z from some people, Canoelover