by svsauthor | Sep 30, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
Riding my bicycle across campus, I saw a former colleague coming out of the student union. Recalling that one of his two daughters had just started her freshmen year in college, I stopped and asked how she was doing. He said, “I just received a photo from her. It was...
by svsauthor | Sep 22, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
I have a quick thought that probably will go nowhere, but I want to get it down in writing. A few blogs ago I wrote about slogging through the novel The Moonstone. At the time, I did not mention that I endured 550 pages of meandering prose before coming across one...
by svsauthor | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Friday I came out of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I was ready for the trip to be over. There were no disasters, no risky situations, but the bad weather never relented. It was cold and rainy every day. The sun never came out. One day the wind was so...
by svsauthor | Sep 9, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
When this blog uploads automatically Monday morning, I’ll be in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve visited the BWCA about fifteen times. I’ve been there in all seasons except ice-in and ice-out, but my last trip was thirty-five years...
by svsauthor | Sep 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
I fished in a new place last week. Along the river near home there are four or five spots I know well and go to often, but there also a dozens of miles of backwater not only not visited by me, but also hard to get to by anyone not in a canoe or kayak. Some of my...
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