I’ve been reminded over the past few weeks of days I spent in California while attending college and graduate school. While I loved those years that I lived out there, there certainly were times when the sprawling city and its noise and people, people, people became too much for me. On ...
“Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom, every time that you walk in the room.” – Jackie DeShannon There’s a sense or a presence – a frequency or vibration – that most of us can feel when we walk into a room – good, bad or otherwise. We can tell whether the vibes are cool or ...
There is something about the wind and the air over the past few days that tells me that wintertime is lurking not too far around the corner. It’s as though the entire atmosphere across these Great North Woods, boreal forests and far up into the Northwest Territories is being drawn into ...
The Swedetown Gorge trail, a section of the Maasto Hiihto/Churning rapids trail system that crisscrosses Swedetown Creek, was reopened Tuesday afternoon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The gorge was devastated in the Father’s Day flood of 2018 knocking out several bridges and altering ...
On a balmy autumn afternoon that more recalled days of June or July, along a delightful stretch of river that spoke and giggled as it rolled, I encountered a unique forest specimen the likes of which I don’t recall ever having seen before. I was out fishing on the last day before the last ...
When you see a new plant and possible invasive species on your property it can seem like a difficult task to report and it may seem like nobody would care even if you did. However, it is incredibly important to report any invasive species you may see, whether on your private property or on ...
