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Long Winter's Writing
Life in the North can be wonderful if you can immerse yourself in the elements, and for me, that is a long winter's writing. Enjoying the winter is the easy part, until the time of ice and leftover dirty snow piles begin the seemingly endless journey of melting. You...
A Day in the Life of a Writer
Some time has passed since I've done "A Day in the Life of a Writer" but today was a good one. You see, the afternoon in the Symons' Wine Cellar was quiet, and having a "By the Glass" article due for "HomeLIfe" magazine, I decided to contemplate the life of a martini....
Feeling aged
As I splay out in the reading room this morning glaring out at the latest snowfall, I'm feeling aged. Yes, I have aches and pains. I have dyspepsia at times. I have moments where I want to sit and do nothing. I have sore hands, especially after the kayak trip. I walk...
Surviving storms
In the first of what may be many talks, lectures, discussions, seminars and interviews concerning the 2018 kayak trip, one aspect is ringing louder and louder, surviving storms. As I work to complete the journal entries from paper to electronic, I have realized the...
A softer New Year
To begin a softer New Year, I must consider the end of 2018. So, my wife believes my last post of 2018 was rather harsh and too generalizing. She wondered what would happen if close friends read the rant and reacted without a clear understanding of my motives. I've...
A Capitulation to Christmas
A capitulation to Christmas has been ebbing and flowing in my brain for the last month. I have become a profound pantheist and a dedicated recovering Catholic, so to admit I'm beginning to understand how to "do" Christmas again is an interesting change. First of all,...
Hours and hours in studio
Since the previous post in October, I've spent hours and hours in studio directing words from the kayak journals into this computer with profound mindfulness toward accuracy and editing, which, for me, translates into a further delineation of my hunt-and-peck typing...
Re-entering Society
The kayak trip is done and re-entering society is upon me. The most amazing adventure of my life took place over 2 months and traversed Lake Superior from Grand Marais, Minnesota to Grand Marais, Michigan, and while dangerous in many moments and days, the journey was...
Disengaging from society
I'm at a loss and have been disengaging from society. Not writing to this site has been painful, having to finish numerous writing assignments, but more so because of what has been happening to our country. I'm ten days from being in the kayak and traveling along the...
Splendid day for a wedding
On this warm spring day in June, I believe it's a splendid day for a wedding - so, I shall perform one. Several months ago, one of my favorite people asked me to be the Officiant at his wedding, accepting, I always take great effort to be mindful of what that means....
Refreshed and retooled
Whew! Two weeks without writing and hanging out in the garage getting ready for the upcoming trips has left me refreshed and retooled - maybe. I've become reflective, more than ever, after the golf/fishing trip to Hilton Head. Probably for several reasons. First, my...
An ebb tide of ideas
Experiencing an ebb tide of ideas is not exactly new, but the accompanying emotion is always strange. Having completed the spring chores and taking an evening off, I walked to the studio today full of energy and desire. I sat in my chair, began to read, began to plot,...