Placid and turbulent, the waters of the Great Lakes offer a platform for thought, adventure, and environmental consciousness. Along its coast are interesting people and places where something is happening. These notes are from within this space.
Placid and turbulent, the waters of the Great Lakes offer a platform for thought, adventure, and environmental consciousness. Along its coast are interesting people and places where something is happening. These notes are from within this space.
During the past four years, politicization of the word “swamp” gave that natural environment a bad name. It’s bad enough that the first thing many …
Reflecting on wetlands that we don’t necessarily want to drain Read More »
“The captain waded through flooded passageways, his shins pushing against water, his feet slowed by a current that kept growing. The last of the kerosene …
Capturing the spirits of those who remain ‘Harborless’ Read More »
“I made you, Paddle Person, because I had a dream. A little wooden man smiled at me. He sat in a canoe on a snowbank …
Vintage Great Lakes tale washes ashore after decades in Lake Superior Read More »
“The United States is struggling. Increasingly bitter cultural and racial divides hobble the country. The political system is all but rigged with gerrymandering and unlimited …
Thoughts on the upcoming election from the boundary waters Read More »
“…Maybe if I pray every each night I sit there pleading ‘send back my dream test baby, she’s my main feature’ My TVC 15, yeah, …
“It is impossible to describe the feeling that was mine on coming out of the wilderness into the open space of the Bay. We sat …
First glimpse of water… and ‘you could see forever’ Read More »
“a vacation spent in one’s home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions.” – definition of …
“The sturgeon fish is swimming into our lives to prove we are stronger than we realize, and we may see the fruition of our intentions …
“Being on the water, watching the water moving, makes us intelligent and when we become intelligent we become well.”
“You’ll know when you get there.” – Herbie Hancock The jazz composer and performer Herbie Hancock was discussing a new direction in his music with …
