Five Easy Steps to a Bigger Home
People are often surprised to learn that I live in an old house on a postage stamp size lot in urban, downtown Grand Rapids. What they don’t realize is that my home is much larger than that 40’x100’ lot and my 1,400 square foot house.
Falling Back to Earth
The fishing was good, although it was awfully early after a late night of mousing and whiskey under the dazzling Perseids meteor shower. Sam sat on the bank of the river in the haze of the warm and humid August morning. He sipped tea from his thermos and nibbled on unsalted raw cashews as he considered the morning.
Making Contact on the 80
Over my morning coffee, I read a thought provoking essay – an echo of Henry David Thoreau’s case for “making contact” as an antidote for all the ills that modern culture brings us. Then I took a walk.
Leave No Trace
Do you like a backwoods campfire? Do you like to stack rocks to make interesting sculptures? If you do, please think twice before doing so.
Fishing in Real Life II
In-between there were plenty of smaller fish caught, many of them wild brook trout. To make up for what they lack in size, most of these small fish come from the most intimate, beautiful creeks in Michigan
Fishing in Real Life
Fishing is like eating M&M’s. It’s a truly non-satiating activity. Give me a little, and I want more. When it’s time to go home, I can’t help but think of the next time I will be able to steal away to the river.
Bluebird Day
When it’s cold enough to wear a woolen flannel and the skies are bright blue, I think of my friend Dick Bolton. Dick passed away a few years ago too darn young, but he left a handful of us with a better appreciation of the great outdoors.
Northwoods Treasure
Bigelow Creek is a humble spring creek. It winds through the towering white pines and angular oaks of southern Newaygo County.
Scouting Trout Streams
The next best thing to fishing on a 30º day is scouting for summer fishing locations.
Video: One Year, Three Bridges
Three bridges built in one year (2011) on the North Country Trail by the Western Michigan Chapter of the NCTA.