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Mr. Edward M. White started the E.M. White Canoe Company in the mid 1880s. He was one of the first people to build canvas over wood frame canoes, probably after seeing Evan Gerrish paddle one of his canoes on the … Continue reading →

Sometimes sucking at something isn’t such a bad thing. Continue reading →

This has nothing to do with paddling. But nothing says that I have to only write about paddling. My house, my rules. I remember when I was a kid over at some friend’s house. His parents were expressing outrage over … Continue reading →

Another Silent Sports column not on their website. With permission from the publisher.  – DB     “I have a little BFF that showed up by my heart. His name is Mr. Hodgkins.” That’s how Sarah told us she has … Continue reading →

While my re-enactor friends are at a rendezvous this weekend, dressed in period dress, eating period food and enjoying camaraderie, I am at a different sort of rendezvous.  I am at the Outdoor Industry Association Rendezvous.  It’s not in Bloody … Continue reading →

So said Samwise at the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. And my absence from Canoelover’s blog has very good explanations if not excuses. There are only so many words in a guy’s head, I think, and I … Continue reading →

I wrote this ten years ago, the year I injured myself playing Norm Abram and almost cut a few fingers off my right hand. I wanted to revisit this after ten years because my hand has been aching lately, and … Continue reading →

Hello, my name is Darren, and I’m a laceaholic.  I guess the first step is to admit you have a problem. The problem I have is that I don’t have enough frames ready for lacing. Lace in the summer when … Continue reading →

It has been a helluva day. Nothing horrible happened, but it was one of those days that just ground away at me. It happens. Pecked to death by ducks seems to be an appropriate metaphor. I just felt raw. When … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in our teardrop camper in the middle of a muddy field that is masquerading as a campground.  The downpour of a few hours ago didn’t help, and both the camper and truck are covered in splatters of a … Continue reading →