Author Archives: canoelover

While my re-enactor friends are at a rendezvous this weekend, dressed in period dress, eating period food and enjoying camaraderie, I am at a different sort of rendezvous.  I am at the Outdoor Industry Association Rendezvous.  It’s not in Bloody … Continue reading →

So said Samwise at the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. And my absence from Canoelover’s blog has very good explanations if not excuses. There are only so many words in a guy’s head, I think, and I … Continue reading →

I wrote this ten years ago, the year I injured myself playing Norm Abram and almost cut a few fingers off my right hand. I wanted to revisit this after ten years because my hand has been aching lately, and … Continue reading →

Hello, my name is Darren, and I’m a laceaholic.  I guess the first step is to admit you have a problem. The problem I have is that I don’t have enough frames ready for lacing. Lace in the summer when … Continue reading →

It has been a helluva day. Nothing horrible happened, but it was one of those days that just ground away at me. It happens. Pecked to death by ducks seems to be an appropriate metaphor. I just felt raw. When … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in our teardrop camper in the middle of a muddy field that is masquerading as a campground.  The downpour of a few hours ago didn’t help, and both the camper and truck are covered in splatters of a … Continue reading →

As I wrote this a few years ago, I was sitting against a stone wall in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. It seemed a nice thing to post on Easter.  -DB _________________________________ Laudato sie, mi Signore cum tucte le tue creature, spetialmente … Continue reading →

I’m sitting in the United Club, ensconced in a comfy chair with two outlets, one for each electronic device that accompanies me on my business trips. I’m off to DC for a board meeting, just an overnighter, so I’m traveling … Continue reading →

 6:00 AM flights test the ability of the most zealous Buddhist to maintain a semblance of neutrality.  No one wants to be there; most everyone on that flight would rather take the 8:10 AM flight.  But that flight usually costs … Continue reading →