A watery embrace

Fighting a fish on the upper St. Croix River

The wildness, beauty and joy of the upper St. Croix River really shines through in this piece from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel by Paul Smith, the paper’s outdoors editor.



The pleasure of the story

Being Wrong book cover

It’s possible that everything you’ll ever need to know about storytelling is contained in this interview with Ira Glass of the radio show This American Life.



Bluegrass and bagels

St. Paul Farmers Market

On listening to bluegrass on the air and in-person at the St. Paul Farmer’s Market.



Twenty days of sojourn

Drifting with the river stream

Two old Japanese tanka poems and photos of the St. Croix River to accompany them.



Dying for democracy

Memorial Day skies

The speaker at a Memorial Day event made the occasion shockingly partisan and political. I responded with a letter-to-the-editor of the local newspaper.



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