WINTER SWEAT LODGE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… In my six decade lifetime I have experienced thousands of campfires, hundreds of saunas but only a handful of traditional sweat lodges. In mid-January I attended my third sweat…
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MLK DAY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… It has been years since I first read MLK’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” one of the great political documents in American history. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only thirty four years old when he…
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MONTICELLO STATION Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The thermometer hit minus 1 overnight, our first sub-zero temp of the winter. Overall, it’s been relatively mild thus far, nothing much to brag about. I did happen to…
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WINTER SCHOOL BUS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… In the winters of ’31 and ’32 my father drove school bus for the Littleton school system. Back in those days the driver also had to supply the bus; which…
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NEW YEAR Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road.. To perceive freshly, with fresh senses, is to be inspired. Great winter itself looked like a precious gem, reflecting rainbow colors from one angle. My body is all sentient.…
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CHRISTMAS MEMORIES Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… A snapshot holds a memory in time just long enough for us to look at it and see what comes up now, all these years later. It’s a partial and…
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CAPTION CONTEST Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… My cousin sent me this photo earlier in the year, one that I had never seen before. My father, George, is standing on the left with the rifle and my…
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SANTOSHA (PART TWO) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Santosha on the Carrabassett (part two) In last week’s post when I shared that Linda and I recently spent three days and two nights at Santosha on the…
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SANTOSHA (PART ONE) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Santosha on the Carrabassett (part one) Linda and I recently spent three days and two nights at Santosha on the Carrabassett, a yoga and mindfulness retreat center located in…
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MT CHASE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Anticipating the changing of the season changing soon (that’s how it works here in northern Maine), Linda and I headed to nearby Mt. Chase for a day-hike. This was…