Out of sorts on the Ides of March March has us jangled and out of sorts. One could easily write off the whole month as nothing seemed to go as planned but our predicament certainly wasn't for lack of trying. The path leads through...
Dr No & Round Hill An early swim out to the small, horse shoe reef has been the only thing pressing each day.. I swim out, feeling the water move from chill to warm then chill again as I approach the drop off. Two...
Armchair Mountaineers- Planning to Plan inspiration in oxidation. One of E.H's Plans begin to unfold something north that involves...
Revival What could be better than a sunny English day and a chance to relive some of the halcyon years of after the war? Throw in some brilliant bits of machinery and some women and its a day. Just inspiration...
The Floriditas contribution to society The odd leaf is starting its annual spin to the ground but the heat is still a contender. As we have been on a Papa kick lately the concoctions that either helped him hang on or slide off (depending on ones...
A North Woods Sky We are sitting next to the large purple buddleia. It's dusky smell making itself known when allowed by the stiffening breeze coming off Sturgeon Bay. Behind us I hear the drunken drone of bumble bees as they...
Angling South Usually June and July see us overseas with a lazy, late afternoon realization that it is the fourth. Shrug, nod in the general direction of where you think the United States are and then it's back to a cold...
Wishing every month of the year could be June The ferry leaves the dock with a slow, groaning inertia. Engines idle hungrily under the diesel thump as air conditioners and fans are pushed to high. Cars packed like those in a cannery settle in for...