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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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New Skills Born of Necessity During The Great Isolation
Joe writes . . . All of us have learned new skills during The Great Isolation. Out of necessity. My wife, for example, cut my hair and trimmed my Old Man Eyebrows and I look three thousand times better as … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Welcomes
Joe Writes . . . Paddling the Grand, a bit short of Portland, we came upon a lovely oasis and an invitation to pause and rest. While ‘No Trespassing’ signs are common along the river’s bank, a homemade sign here … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged brothers, canoe, Grand River, immigration, Portland MI, rivers
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Don’t Eat the Red Berries!
December 1, 2017 Tom Writes . . . Grand Ledge Dam to Jones Road Bridge in Eaton County Training for the Winter Canoe Olympics We really like our canoe, and we really like our river, and, we are couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers
Tagged brothers, Grand River, Michigan, rivers, sycamore trees, Winter
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A Post-Thanksgiving Hike Along the Grand
Tom Writes . . . Golden Friday – November 24, 2017 (Exactly One Month before Christmas Eve) Grand Ledge, Michigan In two years on the river, the town of Grand Ledge is the farthest downstream we have paddled. Today we … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers
Tagged blue heron, brothers, canoeing, Cugino's Restaurant, Grand Ledge MI, Grand River, hiking, parks, rivers, woodpecker
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On Langston Hughes, Van Morrison and Writing
Joe Writes . . . River’s gonna take you where it wants you to go: can’t tell the wind not to howl or the river not to flow. I have been thinking of writing a piece on the river in … Continue reading
Posted in music, poetry, rivers, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Langston Hughes, poetry, rivers, Van Morrison, writing
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New Camera Portends Fun on the Grand
Joe Writes . . . I bought a GoPro Session Hero 5 and attached it to the front of the canoe on a recent paddle near Eaton Rapids. While I am only beginning to scratch the surface on how the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, paddling, rivers
Tagged canoeing, Eaton Rapids MI, GoPro, Grand River, Michigan rivers, rivers
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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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Remove the Dams?
The North Lansing Dam on the Grand River Joe Writes . . . There is an environmental movement afoot aimed at removing dams from rivers throughout America, the general premise being “the more natural, the better” in rivers as in … Continue reading
Posted in canoe, Environment, Michigan, nature, paddling, rivers
Tagged Army Corp of Engineers, Ballad of Easy Rider, canoeing, dam removal, dams, Eaton Rapids MI, Grand Rapids MI, Grand River, Lyons MI, Michigan, rivers, sea lampreys, The Byrds
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August 7, 2016: Starting Down the Grand
TOM WRITES . . . Joe and I met at a very nice place, Vandercook Lake, south of Jackson, Michigan. And then we drove to a place that is not really even a place, just a little bridge on a … Continue reading
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