ICE OUT The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Last Thursday night I stepped outside by the back of our shed at the farmhouse (I instantly knew what had happened) and I could hear the loud roar of rushing water in the…
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KEEP IT SIMPLE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 When I first started coming to the cabin I brought nothing but a stack of books, a couple of journals and a few newspapers which provided me with recent news and something…
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WINTER PRIVY The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 One of the essential components of a viable backwoods homestead is a functional four-season privy. And while there are no two designs alike they all get the same job done. A dug-pit…
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THE STANDOFFf The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 After spending four or five days surveying and drawing a plan incessantly, I especially feel the necessity of putting myself in communication with nature again, to recover my tone, to withdraw out…
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THE TRESTLE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 By most estimates this has been a rather lean snow year for Northern Maine thus far. The old-timers used to say 100 inches was a good snow year so at approximately 30…
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COFFEE BUM The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Over the years I’ve established a caffeine-earned reputation as a coffee bum and spent more time in diners and small coffee shops than I care to admit. When I’m on the road…
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ALL IN THE FAMILY The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 We broke ground but we didn’t erect a building. It takes a long time for social justice to permeate every human soul. We still have a lot of the Archie…
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POST ELECTION The Isolation blues; reflections during covid-19 The violence in this world is real, don’t be dishonest about that, yet violence does not have the last word. God is still up to something in this world. So don’t give…
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THE NEW YEAR The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 From the Journals of Henry David Thoreau January 6, 1858 The first snow-storm of much importance. By noon it may be six inches deep…Very little evidence of God or man did I see…
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BEWILDERMENT The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment… Rumi Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go…