CHURCH O’ THE PINES: QUESTION… Hi Friends—Over the past year or two, many folks have inquired about the possibility of a book on the Church O’ The Pines. After the success of last year’s ‘Mucky Muck’ book, it is quite do-able.
TODAY AT THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, Kathy had her ‘Play-Day’ piano recital for her kids. It likely will be the last group piano event she has for a while.
WE AMERICANS HAVE DEALT WITH AND OVERCOME A LOT in 240 years of reaching for dreams, fighting battles, righting our own wrongs, surviving disasters, striving to become a ‘more perfect union.’
WOOD’S LORE: STAYING WITH THE RECENT THEME OF OUR FRIENDS THE TREES, here are some thoughts from my book, ‘Things Trees Know.’
Today’s Wood’s Lore speaks to being who you are and belonging to where you are. It’s about an aged little Jack Pine on a rocky point in Rainy Lake. Excerpt from my book, Fawn Island…
GOING THROUGH MY MOTHER’S MANY BOXES of things, I have spent a good part of today sorting through newspaper clippings and reviews that she saved. Wow.
SOMETIMES, IN A TIME OF TRAGEDY OR ANGUISH—personal or familial or national—the most that one can accomplish is to carry on, to persevere, to endure.
Hi Everybody! I have so many wonderful Facebook friends and followers, and I enjoy staying in touch with you all. So I have been thinking about another way to do so.
REGULAR READERS MAY RECALL POSTS ON MY TRIP TO CHINA LAST FALL. An unexpected and delightful adventure.
THIS TIME OF YEAR–MID TO LATE SUMMER, is the season when many folks find their thoughts turning to campsites, campfires, and canoe trips, the calling of loons, the easy comfort of the trail. As an old canoe guide, I find my paddling muscles getting itchy, and as the memories come flooding back, I recall many great trips, from the Fond