Author Archives: canoelover

at the Madison airport on my way to SLC. There is really bad Muzak. Here is a partial listing. Prepare the air sickness bag. · Ballad of John and Yoko. No, really.· More. Sometimes more is less.· Two Ships That … Continue reading →

Last September Stephanie and I went to Seattle (actually Leavenworth on the east side of the Cascades) to a wedding for Kelly and Mark. They asked me (before hearing me, natch) to play my octave mando in their wedding. It … Continue reading →

So I tried to get on the Horny Toad site (to be honest, I wanted to pro-deal a shirt), and our anti-porn service said that the site was potentially pornographic. I can only assume it is because of the name … Continue reading →

It is finished…the first of four frames. It was an experiment, and I think it succeeded fabulously. Now to trim, melt knots, and varnish…but first I have three other shoes to make.

Fans of “The Office,” both American and British versions, will recognize the ol’ stapler in the jelly prank that Tim/Jim play on Garreth/Dwight. The SITJ prank was replicated, because Ian wanted to do it, and Jeff was a good victim. … Continue reading →

We went skiing and it was cool. Because we didn’t have the tripod we couldn’t take a picture of us together, so we settled for the next best thing. Although you can’t tell from the picture, we were smiling. It … Continue reading →

I get this way every so often. I get going on a new project and I become single-minded in its completion. I love building snowshoes, but this is a new thing — building with no pattern, just the basics ingrained … Continue reading →

…that if your bicycle frame breaks, it can cause you to lose control? Yessir, Cannondale is recalling 150 mountain bike frames. According to their statement, the frame “can break while in use, causing the rider to lose control and suffer … Continue reading →

I’ve been addicted to making snowshoes since 1987, when Stephanie and I first built snowshoes while she was pregnant with Whitney. It’s relaxing, and when you’re done you have a cool piece of art that actually has a function. My … Continue reading →

Chances are when you get your eggs from the supermarket, they’re not: Brown shelled Laid by contented chickens who have names like Kaitlyn Have a date they were laid written on them in pencil My eggs are wonderful. We get … Continue reading →