by svsauthor | Jun 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
I may have added a new element to my daily routine. Prior to last Wednesday, most of my days started with two+ hours of writing, followed by a walk with my dog (on which Manyu usually came along). Later in the day I took a long bicycle ride. Fishing, hiking, reading,...
by svsauthor | Jun 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am drawn to good simple writing (e.g., William Saroyan, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, Ivan Doig, James Lee Burke), but once or twice a year I take on an author who I consider complicated. The catch with complicated writing is that I must decide, sometimes in as few...
by svsauthor | Jun 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Clare graduated from college last week. Sometimes personal events are so significant that I have no choice but to write about them. I was half done with a blog about a crow walking a full block down the middle of the street in front of my house, when I realized that...
by svsauthor | May 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
There is one secret fishing spot I have no qualms about revealing to others. It is Reno Bottoms near Brownsville, Minnesota. I mention it because motorboaters can’t get there, fishermen and fisherwomen without boats can’t get there, and anyone fishing from a canoe or...
by svsauthor | May 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
I just returned from my annual May fishing trip, and the first thing I did after returning home was to move my writing table outside. In the week I was out of town the average temperature seems to have jumped ten degrees, and I am writing this blog from my front...
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