by svsauthor | Jun 30, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
As I mentioned two blogs ago, our annual group of four fishermen to Lake of the Woods had expanded to seven. As a result, we needed a third boat before we motored off for our weeklong backcountry fishing trip. Jack dropped Tom and me off at Paradise Cove, a small...
by svsauthor | Jun 23, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
“Get a picture! Get a picture!” Ken yelled as he played the big fish and Clint reached out over the water to net it. I had neither a phone nor a camera, so I scrambled around the boat’s steering column looking for either Ken’s or Clint’s camera. The fish rose to the...
by svsauthor | Jun 18, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
Two years ago I wrote an essay titled “Goodbye Deadbroke.” It was written as a farewell to one of the best backcountry sites I’ve ever known. Now that I think about it, it might be the only campsite anywhere that I’ve ever intentionally returned to. The site is a...
by svsauthor | Jun 7, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
My previous blog was about age and stupidity. This blog is just about stupidity. With the Mississippi River so high, I haven’t been paddling at all this spring. Growing impatient, my friend Buzz and I put in at Black Deer to at least get ourselves on the water. ...
by svsauthor | Jun 1, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
Last week I took a crowbar to some nails that held my backyard fence together, and I hurt my right arm. It feels like tennis elbow, which I’ve had a few times in the past, but I am left handed, and this is the first time I’ve had it happen on my right side. I...
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