Original anecdotes, commentary, rumination, and occasional pontification.
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 – Dad wasn’t a hunter or a gun owner, but a day arrived when he needed to borrow a gun. A short while later arrived the day when he fired the gun. I wasn’t directly on hand when he pulled the trigger. I was nine years old and riding my oversized bike …
AUGUST 31, 2020 – As I prepared to return to the Red Cabin Saturday, my wife instructed me to get in touch with John, our reclusive next-door neighbor up here for 30 years. The top end of our drive cuts across his land, and he’d once said that with his “dirt toys,” he could regrade …
JANUARY 9, 2020 – Yesterday evening I accompanied our four-year-old granddaughter to her first downhill ski lesson. The five-week program is sponsored by the St. Paul Parks and Rec at “Geneva” (the clubhouse/ski lodge) of “Little Switzerland.” In a few weeks, the little skiers will be schussing (and turning, I hope) down “St. Mortiz,” the …