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After solstice…but it’s still dark in the morning.

Even though it’s past the Solstice, it’s not really getting that much lighter out in the morning.  In fact, it’s still darker than the inside of a…well…uh…I need a metaphor.  I’ll come up with one later.  But it’s dark. But … Continue reading

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Panning for gold.

Digging through a bushel box of photographs can be a lot like panning for gold.  The fact that they never made it into an album means that there is a lot of gravel to pick through to find the nuggets. … Continue reading

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Let’s do the time warp again…

I am not a “look through old photo albums” kind of guy… Continue reading

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The Ice Chisel

I have a friend named Bear. Actually, I have two friends named Bear. I imagine I am in a small population, having two outdoor-loving brothers with an ursine appellation. One of my Bear friends lives up in Minneapolis, the other … Continue reading

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Paddles and Hammers

My garage has a certain ungarageness to it. We haven’t parked a car in it for over seven years. Half of the garage is a boathouse, the other half is a blacksmith’s smithy. I’ve been blacksmithing for about a decade … Continue reading

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Still alive…

….just nothing new to say. So I ain’t saying it. More when I have more to say, Canoelover

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The All-Seeing Eye

The U.W. Arboretum is a real treat for those of us living here. It’s specially wonderful when we get a ton of snow. Or 18 inches. That’s fine too. Walking through the woods tends to slow me down, especially on … Continue reading

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Sally

This happened fifteen years ago. I wanted to capture it before I forgot. As I wrote it I remembered a lot of the detail that I had lost. – DB “Excuse me, are you open?” A woman looked up from … Continue reading

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Snowy Shack

I love my Shack. But I love my Shack even more when it is covered with snow, the stovepipe belching smoke, the heat of the wood stove penetrating my spine as I sit with my back to the fire, the … Continue reading

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Errata

I spoke too soon…Spring Valley Lodges is not out of business. They changed ownership, and some nasty domain squatter grabbed their URL. Squatters. And if we kill them we go to jail. And they call this justice? Anyway, the tipi … Continue reading

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