MY WRITING
My poetry and short stories
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Summer has come to the North Country with a vengeance. Increasing humid days in the 80s with humid nights in the 60s. Growing up as I did the semi-arid West, humidity is something I have never really been able to make peace with. In my mind, you should always be able to step into a… Read more
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“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.“ — A.A. Milne (from Winnie-the-Pooh) Read more
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Early mornings this year in the North Country have brought frost warnings and cool temperatures. But the trees are still budding out and by the afternoon most days it feels like spring. A long weekend in Wisconsin with Sue has re-energized me a bit. Spending four days along the Mississippi River was apparently just what the doctor… Read more
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Today I turn 66 years of age. An age that I once thought of as old, but now of course view in an entirely different light. A few months ago, thinking about my brother Paul being gone and how when I think of him I always think about fly fishing, I looked at Sue and asked,… Read more
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From blogging every day a year ago, I find now that I have posted nothing here since last Friday. I am finding myself largely wordless these days. While it is common for me to be more of a listener in social conversations, it is unusual for my mind to be so wordless. And yet, here… Read more
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It has been a long winter here in the North Country. On Sunday, a blizzard brought everything to a halt; it was so severe that officials even canceled the second day of the Fly Fishing Expo in St. Paul. Fortunately, I had gone on Saturday this year. When I was in elementary school in Eastern… Read more
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It has been two years since I last sent something out for publication, and almost three years since my last publication. One of my goals for 2026 is to start sending stuff out again. I am starting with a book-length manuscript of my poems and am asking Sue (my wife) to help me compile it. One thing I think… Read more
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Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on December 2, 2017. December has arrived in the North Country. Not with the usual cold and snow this year. But warm and mild. We know the other proverbial shoe will drop, but for now we enjoy… Read more
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Most writers keep journals. I am no different. I use my journals (analog and digital) to draft poems, make notes, jot down random thoughts and quotes I like, and just to play with language and ideas. Some Random thoughts from my journals: Looking back over the years of my blog, I see that every fall my… Read more
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Believe it or not, this blog posting for the first Saturday of March 2025 is actually being written on December 23rd, 2024. That is how far ahead I am working now on ClimbingSky. I am not certain if that is a good thing or a bad thing from a reader’s point of view. But for… Read more
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