Story Flowers – 5/20/2022 It only would take one visit, especially at this time of year to realize that my wife and I have a special love of lilacs. We have six varieties planted on our property. Some add additional
Beginnings & Endings – 5/13/2022 Spring is exploding this week. Two weeks ago, as I hunted turkeys I wore long underwear and gloves because each morning started at about twenty degrees. This week we had some sunshine and summer-like temperatures.
Prayers Answered, Healing Received, Promise Kept – 5/6/2022 Early last fall I wrote an essay entitled, Paddle & Pray with Monarchs. The piece was about a kayak pilgrimage I made by paddling around Shawano Lake, a substantial body of water
A Day Afield – 4/29/2022 Because of other commitments, and last year just because I forgot to send in my application on time, I set out this morning for my first spring turkey hunt in six years. A few notes
Secret Ingredient – April 22, 2022 A man I know shared this story from his youth with me. I think he was glad to have the opportunity to finally share it with someone – I’ll call him Dave. Dave came
Playing Dreams – 4/14/2022 When I first came across the mandolin it looked to have been long-forgotten. It was leaned in the far corner of the attic almost totally obscured by dusty boxes of other long-forgotten stuff. It was in
Being Watchful – 4/8/2022 Today is a day to be watchful. As the weather forecaster predicted, the rain that started yesterday turned to snow in the night. I awoke to a springtime yard that was wintertime white. I appreciate the
Good Byes – 4/1/2022 My Aunt Harriet hated “good byes”, so she never said them. I was very young when Harriet and her family moved to the Twin Cities. They made a good home there and raised a good family.
Distance – 3/25/2022 The scariness of distance is at times relative to the smallness of the person and the bigness of their dreams. When we first moved into our house, our two youngest children were just three and four years
The Early Bird – 3/18/2022 The early bird, it is said, gets the worm. I know some birds who seem to disagree. In my last Embers post I wrote about the early return of redwing blackbirds. Although they surprised me
