That day in December

Pawing through a box of travel notebooks the other day, I found one with 1992 on the cover. Wondering what on earth I did thirty years ago stirred some curiosity; so I refilled the coffee cup, fed a big bolt of cherry to the woodstove and carried the notebook to a...

Seasonal Memories

“All’s well that ends well…” Shakespeare   Note to readers: I could be putting together one of those family Christmas letters, but my annual look back at the year winding down is more satisfying to write and hopefully more interesting for you to read. Maybe...

Built for Battle

Michigan Meanders…Don’t even think about badgering a badger Although badgers live throughout the state, few Michiganders have ever seen a live one. Maybe they are lucky. Badgers know no fear and when provoked will attack an enemy several times their size. This...

Hiding in Plain Sight

“When two objects collide, there’s a reaction to the action.” As I recall from high school physics class, that’s a rough paraphrase of one of Newton’s Laws. Many years later I realize there’s also a “push for every pull” when it comes to human behavior. Do you...

Saving your skin…and maybe your life

by Tom Huggler July 01, 2018 When a friend of mine returned from Canada recently, no one asked how many fish he and his buddies had caught. Instead, they wanted to know what happened. My friend’s face looked like a pizza, and he sported a dozen purple knots on...