I have a practice. While I am out here, I’ll think of a person and focus on them for much of the day. Today, it

…is the rubber band.  In 1820, in England, Stephen Perry received the first patent to make rubber bands. Defined as a thin circular piece of

Wolves are curious, rarely afraid, and quick to take off. In summer they live in family units, raising pups and are not a threat. Food

Day 10. I had Cream of Wheat this morning with raisins and a spoonful of peanut butter. Then, to paddle. I had an odd memory.

I’m with my sister, Eve, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, months after the summer. She is having a knee replacement.  In pain before the operation, she is

The upper part of the river is smooth paddling. The river’s narrow, and the rapids are thin as a pencil, a line from bank to

I’m paddling.  Up at 7 and left camp at 10. One stroke after the next. Switch sides. Feel the paddle pull through water. Smile. The

John Keats was a Romantic poet. He died young but in a short life penned unforgettable poems. In a letter to a friend he presented

There is a coat I visit. I can not buy it, or wear it, just look. Most years it sits in a drawer in the