by svsauthor | Oct 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Manyu’s friend Shu is back in China to visit her elderly parents, so her husband Stefan is on his own for a couple of months. On Wednesday we had him over for dinner. Manyu fried up fresh bluegill fillets and made a beef stew in her multipurpose rice cooker. After...
by svsauthor | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Upper Mississippi River is not as muddy as some people think. If the surface of the water is calm, I can usually see down four or five feet. Even then, any lack of clarity is due more to organic matter than to mud. I assume that downstream of its confluence with...
by svsauthor | Sep 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
I have written in various essays that I don’t have to catch fish to enjoy fishing. That is a true statement. I have fun on fishing trips where I never find the fish. I have places on the river I call my secret fishing spots, secret not because they guarantee fish, but...
by svsauthor | Sep 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
In July and August I did not get on the Mississippi River even once. I walked along the river almost every day, but never put a boat in the water. Last Wednesday I finally went fishing from my canoe and, with the first cast, wondered why I’d waited so long. I...
by svsauthor | Sep 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
By the time you read this, my friend Dave will have had a hip replacement. Last week he asked Stefan and me to join him at a corner tavern for a last outing before his scheduled surgery. Over two pitchers of beer and a large tray of unshelled peanuts, Dave, Stefan,...
by svsauthor | Aug 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
I sat at my writing table this week and tried to think of one thing I do better at age 71 than I did when I was in my twenties. I came up with nothing. My paddle stroke might be more efficient, but any improvements in technique are offset by the fact that I’ve lost...
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