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You know, the word manufactured comes from the Latin manus, meaning hands, and factum, meaning made.  So contrary to common understanding, the word manufactured means hand made. Making a paddle from a single piece of wood is not necessarily difficult, … Continue reading →

Things happen in strange and wonderful ways. Meet Zak.  I met Zak a few hours before this.  But I am getting ahead of myself. My brother has a business.  He sells stuff to a nice woman from Dallas.  The nice … Continue reading →

  I’m in the middle of making a traditional paddle to document the process for an article I’m writing for the Art of Manliness.  Since it’s gorgeous out, there’s no reason to spend any more time inside than necessary.  I … Continue reading →

It  has been 25 years since I tossed my body to the wolves on a rugby pitch.  Not that I’m not a little lycanthropic myself, but there are also another 29 wolves on the pitch; 15 percent want to put … Continue reading →

Meet the Kulow family. I know David through mutual participation on an outdoor industry board of directors.  He has always been a man I greatly admire, having built a business from scratch and made it a quite successful venture, creating … Continue reading →

    Getting a shot of a Prince Baskettail in flight is lucky.   Getting two is unheard of.  I’m off to buy a lottery ticket. Respectfully submitted, Canoelover

The last few weeks have offered up an explosion of odonates. Not sure why, but I seem to be seeing more varieties of damselflies these past few weeks. They’re not as big and fast as the dragonflies and they’re weaker … Continue reading →

I have a few paddles.  Most of them live in a rack in my garage, all lined up and ready to party, if paddles can be said to do so. The canoe paddles are all wood, save two carbon-fiber paddles, … Continue reading →

I think there is a perfect correlation between how much time I spend outside and how many odonates hatch.  The correlation is, unfortunately, negative. I believe they waited until I got busy and hatched all at once.  Halloween Pennants, Spotted … Continue reading →

Some folks have asked me what all the wife X.X stuff is about. Here’s the best explanation. For those of you who still use an abacus when you run out of toes, software manufacturers use numbers to show how their … Continue reading →