The sun comes out early these days, and with it, magic. The warblers and songbirds and ravens begin their choruses about 4:30 a.m. leading up to the explosion of light…
It is upon us. Summer. The rain fell all day yesterday, giving us some hope for the recent brace of dry weeks that have become synonymous with June these last…
Poem: Evening Meal Food for Thought
June 18, 2021
June 18, 2021
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Poetry
poem, Tim Barton, tim stouffer
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Evening meal. Up along the ridge,rising like the guard hairs on the backof a sleeping sentient dogstand the blackened bones against the setting sun.Underneath the forest, that hasnot forgotten the…
Take time to sit. It’s important. Summer’s official start is just a few days away. There are canoe trippers sitting in canoes, sitting at camp, sitting around the fire, sitting…
by Steve Piragis All my friends seemed a bit squeamish about early season ice conditions yesterday. It is early but the small lakes now have at least four inches of…
A Snapshot in November
November 24, 2020
November 24, 2020
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Gift Guides
beanie, cribbage, northwoods gifts, packs, sweatshirt, TOPO designs
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There are times when things just fall together. Colors on a hardwood floor, patterns, like Autumn leaves jumbled into a harmony ordained from the moment they deserted the only home…
Boundary Waters Recipe by Tim Stouffer Halfway thru Julya dance on lily padssunset, three-quarter dark;comet sweepingover painted night.Wilderness breathing deep;cattails, loons and froglingssinging in the breeze.Nothing needsbut a paddle to…
Hello Canoe Trippers, From Ely Minnesota We get away most summers, Nancy and I, in August and September to the Quetico. Along with a bunch of day trips to the…
This is our home… Said the loon that your phone recorded, Said the black bear that swam across the lake, the wolf said as she howled to her pups over…