I’m well aware it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here, much less with any frequency. I blame quitting one job and starting another. A winter that overstayed its welcome by about three weeks hasn’t helped any either.
But, I decided that if spring is going to be reticent with signs of her arrival, […]
She walks next to me and she runs ahead. The snow is melting; water above, water below. Pools in low spots are the color of pee over the snow. In the shade, a crust of snow and ice freezes over puddles.
The four o’ clock sun of March is still strong enough to set off on […]
Sleepy and I paddled my favorite stretch of the St. Croix River yesterday, from Osceola to Log House Landing (near Copas just north of William O’ Brien).
We put in about 11:00 under partly cloudy skies. The forecast was calling for showers and maybe thunderstorms later in the afternoon, but it sure didn’t seem possible at […]
Springtime around here
The trees wear their leaves
like the college girls wear their
brand new
spaghetti strap
tank tops
There are days when it seems like
not enough
and days when it seems
too much
The trees budded out yesterday, about a day earlier than last year. I drive across the mighty Mississippi River with it’s 36,0002-mile watershed worth of water on my way to and from work every day and I always look at the river and the trees as I cross the bridge high above the water.
The tree […]
Monday evening, after a daytime high well into the 70s, I rode my bike to the beer store, bought a twelver of Leinie’s Original cans, bungeed it to my bike rack and rode home.
That same night, Rosie and I went to the first barbecue of the year over at Scrubs and Wrench’s. I wore shorts […]
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