SCIENCE OF RELIGION Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Gray-Banded Agate The universe is composed of Nature and Soul…Why should we not also enjoy an original relation to the universe?from the essay Nature 1836The soul is the…
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AERIAL VIEWS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… One day last week I took the drone for a “fly-around” on our property in the woods. It was a beautiful summer day and weather conditions were top rated…
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ROPE BRIDGE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Rope Bridge in the backwoods (1997) For those of you who follow The Backwoods Blog, you may recognize the above photo as the home page image on the blog…
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THOREAU’S JOURNAL Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Big Yellow A comfortable breeze blowing…The wind has fairly blown me outdoors; the elements were so lively and active, and I so sympathized with them, I could not sit…
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LAS VEGAS (PART TWO) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The Las Vegas Sphere Part Two: Trip to Vegas The Sphere in Las Vegas is the next step in entertainment/technology experience. I don’t get too excited about much…
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LAS VEGAS (PART ONE) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Las Vegas town line (1959) Getty Part One: Trip to Vegas Linda and I just got back from our summer vacation in Las Vegas. In…
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FATHER’S DAY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… George Hutchinson at a bowling alley in Massachusetts (1960) Since Father’s Day is this weekend, I am continuing my annual “shout out” to my Dad in this week’s…
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A MOMENT IN THE SUN Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… “A Moment in the Sun” filmmakers at The Cup Cafe (Bangor Daily News) When New York filmmakers Mia Weinberger and Tom van Kalken heard about Houlton,…
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HOULTON ECLIPSE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Total Solar Eclipse ’24 Houlton, Maine Total Solar Eclipse ’24 was the biggest thing to happen in Houlton since “The Great Phish Migration” back in the late 1990s…
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ELECTRIC BONFIRE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Big Nazo taking over the stage at Eclipse ‘24 When looking for a band to play the Saturday night show during Eclipse ’24, we knew that there really is…