There’s a big black bear he’s a huff-puff-a-puffin’
His coat’s too heavy he’s a huff-puff-a-puffin’
Don’t get too near the huff-puff-a-puffin’
Or you won’t stay all day! -peter, paul, mary Hey, anytime you can use the word “Puffin” you’ve got to take it. Puffins just make life worth living don’t you think?

So on May 11th of this [...]

But it’s so hard to dance that wayWhen it’s cold and there’s no music – tom waites
As the sun slipped behind the west bluff of Devil’s Lake State Park, I dropped on my right-side into the now black water. As gravity lengthened my body into the depths, I reached down into the opaque inner space [...]

The sea is too far away.
Something has to change. I miss the surf. I miss the swell. Oh, yes and chewy bull kelp I miss you too.
I miss the sea.
Something has to change. . .
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So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
how amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
because there’s bugger all down here on Earth. – eric idle

So those of you who speak “geek” like me probobly already know that “Bablefish” came from “Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy” long before [...]

I read the news today oh, boy – j. lennon

So, I just read in the paper today that there was a “Kayak Expert” speaking at Mirror Lake State Park this Saturday evening at 9pm. I may have to go. . . or I should say “I” may have to go, since I’m doing the [...]

Too much time on my hands, too much time on my handsToo much time on my hands- repetitive lyrics by tommy shaw
Ok, so let’s have a little fun today. When I was at the West Michigan Kayak Symposium they had a contest to see how many rolls you could hit in 20 seconds. Well, Adriene [...]

So. . . I sent in my $70 to the BCU (British Canoe Union) early this spring with the thought that if I was going to do a cross-certification in Washburn I’d have that out of the way. As it turned out the cross-certification was canceled and I’m still trying to figure out how to [...]