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Sunday afternoon Wife 1.2 thought a walk in the Arboretum would be a good idea, and I concurred whole-heartedly. November is weird, though.  Could be 60.  Could be 20.  Could snow.  Could rain.  Or it could be benign.  What is … Continue reading →

We just finished putting in built-in bookshelves in our basement.  This roughly tripled the amount of bookshelf space we have available, so we dragged out everything we had in storage. While digging through the dozen or so Rubbermaid containers, I … Continue reading →

The last market of the season is always a bountiful one.  Lots of squash and root vegetables, cheese and apples.  It’s wonderful.  Yesterday was a cold one and the vendors were bundled up like Randy in A Christmas Story.  As … Continue reading →

The day after the OWL trip I left for the Outdoor Industry Association Rendezvous in Asheville.  A few days later I left for Portland and a meeting with the folks at Yakima (fun and work — furk?).  I had a … Continue reading →

One of my favorite books is a bibliogeek’s dream entitled The Visual Display of Quantitative Information written by Edward Tufte. It’s not light reading, but it is fascinating, even for non-geeks.  The point of the book is to explain how to … Continue reading →

There are few things that annoy me as much as a business presentation that is one large string of platitudes in a row…”Winners never quit, quitters never win,” “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,”  “…but that’s not … Continue reading →

L to R: David (Yakima), Dawson (Rock Creek Outfitters), Jerry (Yakima), Michael (Yakima), Roanne (GOA), Ed (River Sports), Andy (Erik’s Bicycles), Canoelover This week I took a trip to Portland, Oregon, where quite a few outdoor brands have their headquarters … Continue reading →

For ten years a few* of us have been taking a solo canoe trip on the Wisconsin River every Autumn, usually the first or second weekend in October.   The group changes and morphs, and while a few regulars are … Continue reading →