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…
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BURGER BOY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… I am currently serving a two-month jury duty term, my first experience as a participant in our democratic judicial process. Our high school government class took a field trip to the…
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SAUNTERING Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… How earnestly and rapidly each creature, each flower, is fulfilling its part while its day lasts! Nature never lost a day, nor a moment. As the planet in its orbit…
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LEADVILLE STORY (PART TWO) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The Story of Leadville, Colorado (part two) The family stories we share and re-tell through the years are valued heirlooms passed from one generation to the next…
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LEADVILLE STORY (PART ONE) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The Story of Leadville, Colorado (part one) From my earliest years I remember hearing the family story about how my grandfather went to Leadville, Colorado to work the mines…
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HOULTON THEATERS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The above postcard of Market Square taken in 1951 showcases Houlton’s two side by side movie theaters in the downtown. Temple Cinema opened in 1919 (and is still operating today) while…
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PHOTO ALBUM Backwoods blog; in the woods and on the road… I’ve been going through old family photo albums this summer and I came across one that had been “lost” for over twenty years. It was a black leather bound album, the…