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A few weeks ago I was at a trade show in Salt Lake City.  I heard a presentation from the Director of Sustainability for Walmart.  Yep, you heard right. I’m glad they’re doing something.  Given their gargantuan size, they can … Continue reading →

Last week I mentioned I wanted to do some unnecessary ornamentation to my sassafras Racine paddle.  Sunday was lovely,  but with temps in the 40s, the world was turning into a Slurpee. Given the lack of snowshoeable surfaces, we punted. … Continue reading →

There’s a tiny little cheese factory in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.  It has limited capacity, and they like it that way.  Rather than focusing on the strip-mined blocks of orange stuff you find in your supermarket, the make really, really good … Continue reading →

Normally I would say “litter upon which one could sit” but that’s just wrong.  One should not be a prisoner to language.  Anyway… I got thinking about One-Shot after my posting about paddles and painting them, and realized where I … Continue reading →

I have this beautiful guide paddle I bought last year. It’s Sassafras.  It’s gorgeous. And I sorta want to paint all over it.  So it looks like this: So I’m starting with this: I am applying this with a pinstripe … Continue reading →

I am a visual person, which means if I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.  Filing cabinets are black holes.  Opaque Tupperwares or Rubbermaids might as well be stone sarcophagi.  I have gear I didn’t know about because it was inside … Continue reading →

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature–trees, flowers, grass– grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in … Continue reading →

Once in a while I need to leave town for a quiet overnight with Wife 1.2. Our choice is usually the Brewery Creek Inn, Mineral Point, Wisconsin.  It’s a quiet and quaint place.  Interesting, since in 1830 its population was … Continue reading →

“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace. To avoid the first danger, one should plant a … Continue reading →

1.  Wife 1.2 2.  Kids 1.0 and 2.0 3.  Dog 2.0 4.  Friends 1.0 through X.0. Gratefully submitted, Canoelover