ClimbingSky

Why Baseball, Books, and the Grateful Dead matter


spring

  • The Long-Range Forecast

    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

  • Sending Out Poems Again

    Winter is apparently in no mood to let go of its reign here in the North Country. A snowstorm on Wednesday and cold temperatures have returned to Minnesota—a temporary reminder of what we have just been through. In February, I dialed back my postings here at ClimbingSky. I began spending the time I had freed up starting the… Read more