Category Archives: Alex

It happened yesterday.  I heard the roar and crackling as I approached the camp.  “That doesn’t sound like a hide-smoking fire.. no.. it’s not.. I sure hope it’s not a structure fire…” It was. I can still hear the roar … Continue reading →

Seems like after a late start, the Green Season has officially arrived. One of the telling factors is the new weather. No longer does frost cover the ground in the morning, no longer do we huddle close to the fire … Continue reading →

Tomas has been talking about his desire to make a portage trail from one creek to another for some time now. In essence, this would connect two separate river systems, one of which ends in Lake Michigan. The other, on … Continue reading →

I pick up a pile of broken-up firewood to put into our wood arbor and see that each stick is unique in its shape, color. Branches from different trees that grew and fell, or died with the tree from which … Continue reading →

In the northern forests of the American Midwest grows a plant unlike any other plant native to this continent. Its bulbs used to be harvested for winter food stores by the Indians, and its leaves were added to food for … Continue reading →

Tomas, Coyote and I landed our canoes after paddling the two streams and across the lake, through wind and drizzle. Denise and Chris were going to show up by nightfall of the next day, as they had other things to … Continue reading →

The wind was slight. It came from the south. In the south-east, I saw the clouds building. Then I heard the rumble. “OK, I guess I’ll take the tarp,” I said in answer to Denise’s question, and my own. Then … Continue reading →

I woke up from an unquiet dream–fear of getting in trouble, and feeling powerless to make myself understood. Immediately, I recognized these feelings to be stemming from a conversation from the night before about money, community, and the economic system. … Continue reading →

Almost a half-moon has slipped by since we moved in.  The first few days I kept busy with a lot of preparatory activities.  Refurbished my bow-drill kit with new materials, including a new oak-crotch handhold which fits snuggly into my … Continue reading →