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…
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ANSEL ADAMS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The earth never tires, The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude, silent and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things…
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HUNTING SEASON Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… My father built the Hutchinson woods camp at Harvey Siding sometime in the late 1940s along the bank of the north branch Meduxnekeag River. It was the first camp on…
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HARVEY SIDING Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… One day last week I drove to Harvey Siding on the west side of Monticello to observe what remained of the fall colors. It had rained for several days and…
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HUNTING TRIP Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Hunting season in the North Woods has a long and storied history and Harvey Siding in Monticello is one of the legendary locations in the state. Camps were built…
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POTATO CULTURE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The story I’ve been working on for this week’s blog is taking longer than expected and my self-imposed weekly deadline came and went (sorry about that). But I did…
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GARY SNYDER Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… It’s helpful to remember that what we’d hope for on the planet is creativity and sanity, conviviality, the real work of our hands and minds…I believe we can have neighborhood and community. Communities…
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POTATO HARVEST Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… If you ask anyone in our area over the age of fifty about their memories of potato harvest, you are apt to get a lengthy and nostalgic recollection. Before the advent of mechanized…