First, a few clarifications. This trip took place neither in Switzerland nor in a Swiss canoe. What made it Swiss was the presence here in Maine of our Swiss relatives, Vreni and Ueli. Before…
Upcountry
Regular Northern Woodlands magazine column reflecting on life in the Northeast.
June 1st 2010
A Navigational Muddle
Mainers like to brag about our lakes and ponds and rivers and streams, and with good reason. We have lots of all of them, and I haven’t met any I didn’t like. Granted, some of our…
March 1st 2010
A Fine Woodworker
When Rita and I left the fleshpots of Boston and Cambridge and moved to Temple nearly forty years ago (forty years!), we made that move with the blessing of our friend Molly Gregory. Molly…
June 1st 2007
Late-Summer Fishing
It’s late August, about noon on a bright, sunny day. I’m gathering my fly rod, waders, vest, my elegant wading staff – a spruce stick with a hunk of clothesline tied to it…
March 1st 2007
Trees and Dendrons
I’ve always been grateful that, in the great melding and merging of tongues that produced our beloved English language, we came out of it all with “tree” as the word we use…