AQI

I have endured days of excessive heat, and I have lived through winters when temperatures never seemed to get out of the single digits. I have also enjoyed (“enjoyed” is the right word) blizzards that put down two feet of snow in a 24-hour period. Never, under any of...

Acadia

I am currently on a delayed flight from Bangor, Maine to Chicago. Manyu and I will miss our connecting flight to La Crosse, so I don’t know when we’ll get home. All that I can do is make the best of it and rough out this week’s blog.                                  ...

The River Runs High

Logically I understand that flood waters near the mouth of the La Crosse River take three or four days after a big storm to crest. The largest part of the La Crosse River watershed is miles upstream of the mouth, and it takes several days for the runoff from that...

Inch by Inch, Row by Row

Each morning, usually about two hours in, my writing slows to the point where I feel the need to step away from the writing table. In the summer, I usually walk into my backyard to check out the gardens. I do not go there to water or pull weeds. I just go there to...
Steven Simpson