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Link to New Blog, Same Writer
I have started a new blog – http://www.theoccasionalpoem.com, also on WordPress – in order to share my poetry. Many of these poems have roots in The Great Isolation of COVID, when I set out to collect poems written 20 years … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Grand River, Great Lakes, Men, Michigan, nature, paddling, poetry, rivers, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged brothers, canoeing, Grand River, Lake Michigan, Michigan, poetry, rivers
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Closing in on Our Goal: Halleluiah!
Joe Writes . . . After starting in southern Jackson County during the summer of 2016 and paddling, in fits and starts, all the way to downtown Grand Rapids it is finally reasonable to contemplate the end of our journey. … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, family, Grand River, Great Lakes, Men, Michigan, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Jackson County MI, Jackson MI, Lake Michigan
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A Summertime Cucumber Treat
Joe Writes . . . Tom and I will be on the river again in mid-August. We planned four consecutive days of paddling to finish our quest but Tom’s butt has forced us to change our plans. He got so … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, family, Grand River, paddling, Pandemic, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged cucumbers, Farmers Market, nostalgia, recipes
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Our Quest Resumes on the 4th of July!
Just as our nation declared its independence from the tyrannical rule of George III on the 4th of July in 1776, we will declare our independence from the physical decline of advancing age – and our disdain for the despotic … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, family, Grand River, Great Lakes, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th of July, Ada MI, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River
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On Chasing Girls and Movie Stars
A Slice of Life Along the Grand in the Off-Season (Hurray, Hurray: Paddling Begins Again Soon) Joe Writes . . . Happy St. Patrick’s Day! May God grant you a first love to chase ’round the playground, a lifelong friend … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Grand River, Michigan, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged love, Michigan, nostalgia
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The Grand and the Betsie: Two Different Rivers
Joe Writes . . . I recently stopped at an old friend’s cabin on the Betsie River in northern Michigan, not far from (as my brother might say) the nifty Lake Michigan town of Frankfort. I had not been at … Continue reading
Daylillies in Southern Michigan
July 11, 2017 Tom Writes . . . Canoeing in Michigan requires a lot of driving in Michigan, out on the country roads, to get to the canoe launch sites and pull-out sites. As Joe and I drive through these … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Grand River, Michigan, nature
Tagged day lily, daylillies, daylily
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Glass Half-Full On The Grand
Joe Writes: It’s difficult to be optimistic about the future of the Grand during these last few weeks of winter, but I’m trying. First comes the story of 2 million gallons of sewage being dumped into the river just a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Grand River, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Fertilizer run-off, G.R.E.A.T., Grand Haven MI, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Grand River Environmental Action Team, Jackson County MI, Jackson MI, Manure run-off, Minnesota, pollution, sewage overflow, Vandercook Lake
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The River in Winter
Joe Writes . . . Driving across the state from Ann Arbor to Grand Rapids and back today, I took the opportunity to check in on the Grand in a few spots, including two areas we canoed this summer. The … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, Grand River, Michigan, nature, rivers, Winter
Tagged canoeing, Grand River, Jackson County MI, Jackson MI, Lowell, Michigan, rivers
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Trump Wins Along the Grand, too
Vote for me and I’ll set you free! Joe Writes . . . Michigan’s Grand River runs through seven counties. Those counties – listed in order from the river’s source to its terminus – are Jackson, Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Ionia, … Continue reading
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