http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:02:25 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8957 It's raining this morning and not quite 60 f. The weather seers say that the day will turn warm and sunny... eventually. Oh well, if I'm going to get my paddle time in today, I need to do it right away this morning. This will count as day two of my "100 miles to winter" paddle to celebrate the 100th anniversary of my local state park. I think it's cool that in a month of days I'll be able to see the world pass from the greens of summer, through the jubilant colors of fall and then in the end, to the charcoal sketched environment of late fall, all from the seat of my kayak. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/10/sdf/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/10/sdf/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:00:04 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8915 Like so many other big environmental problems, we can't seem to get our minds around it, so we just keep contributing to it. The early 90s collapse of the Northern Cod fishery in eastern Canada was a wake up call. In the end it didn't matter if you were for or against a moratorium, there just we rent any fish left. Of course globally we've not learned much from that nightmare either.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/10/sdf/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/09/one-ditch/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/09/one-ditch/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:55:50 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8682 The more I get out and explore the parks, preserves and trails around me, the more trash I find. Every natural area it seems, is hiding an underbelly of shingles, mattresses, box springs, cans, mowers, freezers, plastic pails, underwear and more. You just have to look around a bit. There's a certain irony to it all. The old junk reminds me of what pigs some of our ancestors used to be.. the new piles of trash are a stark reminder that as much as we'd like to think differently, as a group, we really haven't changed that much either.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/09/one-ditch/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/26/boatloads-of-discontent/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/26/boatloads-of-discontent/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:47:32 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8324 Wisconsin, like in so many other places around the country and around the world, is facing an abrupt change in how we how we treat others and our environment, all in the name of money as usual.  At the moment, those who choose individualism and corporate profit are in charge.  The folks interested in a [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/26/boatloads-of-discontent/feed/ 5 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/22/listen/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/22/listen/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:54:39 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8257 I was thinking about eye candy the other day.  I was out paddling in a marsh on the edge of my local lake and felt the urge to take a picture.  That’s how we’ve come to react to the world around us these days.. snap a shot, tweet a tweet… I feel it all the [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/22/listen/feed/ 1