by svsauthor | Nov 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
For a number of years right after college, I had very little money. My apartments were dumps; I usually had no car. I worked odd jobs (e.g., highway crew flagman, Kelly girl, library desk clerk, backpacking store employee). For two reasons, I never looked upon it as a...
by svsauthor | Nov 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Manyu has been dealing with a stomach ailment for the past couple of months. The primary treatment is a diet so restrictive that she and I now eat separately. The one exception is breakfast, where each morning she prepares a double batch of oatmeal with poached eggs...
by svsauthor | Nov 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Three weeks ago I mentioned in my blog that I exercise at the recreation center on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus. The facilities are for the students, but currently employed and retired staff can pay an annual fee and use the weight room and the running...
by svsauthor | Nov 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Every fall semester I meet (via Zoom) with fifteen to twenty graduate students from Western Carolina University. I always enjoy doing it, as the students, all majoring in experiential and outdoor education, remind me of me fifty years (a half century!) ago. Some of...
by svsauthor | Oct 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Fishing on the Upper Mississippi River was lousy all summer. Then, right around the autumn solstice, it started to pick up. The month of October has been outstanding. If 2024 is like other years, the fishing will continue to be good for a few more days and then come...
by svsauthor | Oct 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last Monday I stepped out of the locker room of the university recreation center and saw four men in black suits staring up at the rafters. I then went to leave the building, and there were four more suited men checking out the exits. My first thought was that I could...
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