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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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Official Grand River Expedition Cancelled; Neely Brothers Still Hope to Complete Their Quest This Year
Joe Reports . . . Every ten years since 1990 an organized expedition to paddle the length of the Grand River has taken place, most recently under the auspices of Middle Grand River Organization of Watersheds. That organization has announced … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, Great Lakes, Michigan, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, Covid-19, Grand River, Michigan, Pandemic
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To Dredge or Not to Dredge: What’s Best for the River?
Joe Writes . . . Diogenes, call off your search. An honest man has been found. He’s Spring Lake Township Supervisor John Nash, who opposes a proposal to dredge a channel in the Grand River from Grand Rapids to Spring … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged Diogenes, Dredging, Grand Rapids, Grand River, Michigan, MLive, Ottawa Sands Park, Spring Lake
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The Speech I Meant to Give
November 3, 2018 Joe Writes . . . Last night there was a great event – Ignite Ann Arbor 11 – at the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. My speech didn’t go as planned but I am … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Great Lakes, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, canoeing, eagles, Grand Haven MI, Grand Ledge MI, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Jackson MI, Lake Michigan, Lansing MI, Michigan
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The Good, the Bad and the Uncertain on the Grand
Joe Writes . . . Forgive us both for not writing of late. There has been a lot going on in our lives, and with winter approaching I am turning my attention to renovating a house near Dexter. Once finished … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, Ferrysburg MI, Grand Haven MI, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Grandville MI, kayak, Lake Michigan, Michigan, PFAS
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Saranac to Lowell in Pictures
September 7, 2018 Water Temperature 70 F, Air Temperature 68 F Joe Writes . . . For now I will simply post some photos from a great day on the river. I expect Tom will take up the slack and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, wildlife
Tagged brothers, eagles, Grand River, Herons, Lowell MI, Michigan, Saranac MI
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The Old Men and the River
August 16, 2018 – Ionia to Saranac, Michigan, 10 Miles 3.5 hours including lunch break Tom Writes . . . CANOE and GRACEFUL never go together at our age. My brother Joe and I are cute as can be, and … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, nature, paddling, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged age, brothers, canoeing, Grand River, Ioinia, Michigan, Saranac, Walt Whitman
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Ionia to Saranac
. . . or, All Hail the Mighty Fisherman August 24, 2018 Water Temp a steady 70 F, Air Temp 69 – 76 F Joe Writes . . . I finally caught a fish on the Grand. Most trips I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, canoeing, fishing, Grand River, Ionia MI, Michigan, Saranac MI
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Over the Dam, Through the Chute and Into Lyons
This and That Tuesday July 24, 2018. Webber Dam to Lyons, MI. About 7 miles. Joe Writes . . . We could call the stretch of the Grand River between Portland and Lyons ‘Bald Eagle Byway.’ We had numerous sightings … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, rivers
Tagged Beatles, blue heron, brothers, eagles, Grand River, immigration, Lyons MI, Michigan, wildlife
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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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