Our cabin near Pardeeville, WI has forever been a sanctuary. Sixty acres hugging half of Columbia County’s Crystal Lake shoreline. Town folk have two additional names for the thirty-two-acre jewel, ‘One a Day Lake’ (coined for the difficulty of catching a legal bass [14 inches]) and ‘Abell Lake’ (The property owned and shared by ourContinue reading “Once Upon a Lake”
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Memories of May
My father took me on a business trip to Indianapolis when I was twelve-years-old. He sold investment casting products for a foundry in Milwaukee called Sivyer Steel. Every May during practice for the Indy 500, he would plan a trip down to see the massive, front-engine Roadsters pound around the 2.5-mile oval and entertain hisContinue reading “Memories of May”
“All of Europe?”
The weather at Lukla’s notorious airport held. Thankfully, our plane was the last to depart for three days. But then my travel luck took an odd turn. We had returned to Katmandu on schedule. The doorman at the hotel was there to greet me. He had wished me well when we departed. “Welcome backContinue reading ““All of Europe?””
The Mist
At the first glow of dawn, I push away from the pier. I can taste the thick fog nestled on the lake like whipped cream on a piece of pie. I push the oars across the windless mirror. Bullrushes raise from the water like the whiskers of a cat. As I pass through them, theyContinue reading “The Mist”
Ode to Annet the Airbnb
Annet, Annet, with your thick steel plating Mooring lines secured, your next sail is waiting Down your arched gangplank, with our luggage in hand You sway with yellow legged seagulls and barnacle geese in the band Diamond patterned decks, lead down rather large stairs Cabins on both ends, enough for two pair Tables, a kitchenContinue reading “Ode to Annet the Airbnb”
Friendships – Part Two
As a young boy, I discovered that my father’s happy place was his library of mountaineering books, specifically, Mt. Everest and the Himalaya. When he drank, there would always be a point at which he could not stop. My siblings and I witnessed dozens of horrific recoveries. Sometimes at home, sometimes in the psychiatric wardContinue reading “Friendships – Part Two”
Friendships – Part One
When we live long enough, the friends that pass through our lives take many forms. Some begin in grade school or high school, the folks you don’t see for years, but the next meeting is like you had simply continued the last conversation. As adults, friends can ebb & flow, and sometimes, if we makeContinue reading “Friendships – Part One”
Find Your Superpower
Superhero activities are available to all of us. Not flight or X-ray vision like the movies, but real accomplishments completed within our own risk tolerance and physical abilities. These can be grounded tasks like the first walk to the mailbox after knee surgery or your first two-mile hike to completing your goal of running aContinue reading “Find Your Superpower”
The Adventures of Spaghetti Eddie 