Wealth is different things to different people. When September rolls around two of the best things in the world are a freezer full of fish and enough seasoned firewood for two winters. All told it’s around a thousand dollars for what you need to go on wood safari: chainsaw, […]
Daily Archives: October 2, 2018
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Part IV in a series of outstanding volunteer run assets in the Capital City “JYS changed my life. The caliber and manner of people and activities I was exposed to in this program-or as a direct result-had no end of positive impact on my well-being and future. It is the […]
The old timers say to split a little every day And stack it away to season well, but from March to November I rarely do remember December will find me in a rut… traditional folk song* A couple from down south gives me a lesson at the wood pile: […]
A few weeks ago my neighbor and I were talking firewood. Specifically, we were talking about whether to stack with the bark up or the bark down. He’s a rugged, quiet, mid-western Norwegian type. “Well, you know,” he said. “The most popular show in Norway was about stacking firewood. […]
In Alaska running a chainsaw is a social skill. You go out with the gang, buck up some downed trees, bring them somewhere, pitch them off. It’s a good day. The thing is, with a few exceptions,* if you don’t know how to use a chain saw standardized how-to […]
The junk mail du jour was one of those women’s sportswear catalogs where trim, angular-jawed yuppies peer intently into the distance as they trot on a beach in eighty dollar jog bras made by poor women in the third world. On the cover, rear end facing the camera, was one […]
A fish walks into a bar. He looks at the bartender, puts his glass on the counter and says, “fillet.” Magazine short lists of quintessential ‘Things Men Should Know’—like how to start a camp fire, throw a punch and connect jumper cables—include how to fillet a fish. The funny part […]
“I’m working on a food chain, looking for a bite to chew. Out here on the food chain, telling you boys it’s true. You are what you eat. You also are what eats you.” Working on a food chain. 1985 folk song by Mark Graham The bottom line—right here at […]