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ALMOST PAINLESS PROGRESS – - New book

Posted: September 18, 2012 7:35 am

              This blog is in answer to a question/comment sent to me by Steve N.  The question was, “How are you coming with the Presque Isle and early Erie history book with Joe Root and when will it be out?”  The short answer isit is moving along very well.  I have 68,000 words done in… View Article


LIGHTHOUSE VIGNETTES

Posted: August 7, 2012 5:07 pm

     The following are four short poems from my Presque Isle Poetry and photography books “Moods of Presque Isle”  and “Whispers Across the Pond.”   I hope you enjoy them. Monument to Bygone Years   She sits within a rainbow of color and light. A monument to bygone years. Weathered by time, wind, and sun. Yet,… View Article


CHILDREN’S NATURE BOOKS TO BUY, RECOMMEND OR JUST BORROW

Posted: December 7, 2011 6:13 pm

            In the often-quoted “Birches,” Robert Frost tells about a young boy who lives too far from a town to learn and play baseball, so instead spends time in the woods swinging from trees and playing in the creek.  This sort of unstructured, imaginative activity in the outdoor wilderness is increasingly missing from today’s mainly… View Article