With television, messaging, and “YouTube” available to all of us, we immediately can feel the force and wonderment of Mother Nature. On Rainy Lake, we have watched winds blow ice from one shore to another—often sliding up shores and toppling tall red and white pines. We have witnessed the ice […]
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I was reading Dr. Seuss the other day, looking for the meaning of life or, at the very least, looking for words that would help me understand life with a little more ease—a tall order on some days. Dr. Seuss wrote: Sometimes you will never know the value of a […]
The fourth FLW Tour derby of the season took place this past weekend at Pickwick Lake in Alabama and while it was some of the toughest fishing I have ever experienced, things ended up going pretty good for me en route to a 33rd place finish in the 165-angler field. […]
Well, if the weather channels are correct, we are in for the wetter, cooler weather that I was dreading. I realize a rain shower wouldn’t hurt anything and, in fact, improve the situation with our fire ban. But we don’t need inches and inches of the wet stuff. Likely some […]
Do you need help making environmental improvements to your farm or is your organization involved in providing environmental benefits to the agriculture sector? Hire an intern through the Agricultural Youth Green Jobs Initiative! Canada’s Agricultural Youth Green Jobs Initiative will provide $1.9 million to help farmers, non-profits, and other organizations […]
In our society, “to do” lists are almost essential. There is so much we want to accomplish . . . and so many dreams we have. There are birthdays to remember and appointments to keep. Without a “to do” list, we surely would forget some very important things. That said, […]
Rainy Lake’s ice finished sinking to the bottom over the weekend and the first boats started filling marinas. Everyone seems to be rushing to get their boats on the water. I wasn’t the first to put my boat in this year. The blue water beckoned and Badiuk’s had my boat […]
It is my birthday on Friday (April 29). As I write this, another year has gone, slipped away overnight never to be retrieved, and I find myself remembering birthdays past (as I am inclined to do), where I wander around in my memory searching in corners for treasured moments. Birthdays […]
Back in 2014, things went my way the first time I fished a tournament on Pickwick Lake in Alabama. On Day 1 of the tournament that year, I was fortunate to catch my first 10-pound-plus bass, as well as four other solid fish, to round out a 25-pound, five-fish limit—one […]
The sun finally has arrived—and everyone is anxious to get on the land and get some seed into the ground. I was able to start cultivating Friday. And it was great for the most part! My summer students are starting this week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station—and they are […]
As a girl in northern New York, I had a strangely-warped sense of the geography of the United States. In the first place, I knew more about eastern Canada than my own country. My perception of the U.S. map was that after New York came Ohio. Then came Indiana, where […]
The world and research constantly is changing its opinions on what foods are safe to eat. The most recent change has come with the rehabilitation of butter. Back in the 1950s, very few people were fat. Most households in Fort Frances had very rich milk, where the cream would separate […]
