Not that the chrome-blue, white-lipped waves don’t overtake, it’s that they don’t overwhelm. Hard to believe when you’re out there, fighting the tiller, watching out for the jibe. One by one each swell builds behind the straining dinghy and, as if to move on to the larger task, lifts it like a drifting plastic […]
The hardy little trees at Union Lake Orchard have given up their bounty and today the remains—imperfect Red Havens & Harmonies, Madisons, Belles & Beauties— are heaped willy-nilly in a shallow wooden box on a plywood table. Seconds. This harvest is a second chance, another run at summer like the one we took upriver […]
Manny loves the gear. The cleats and shin pads, the balls and bats, clubs, sticks, skis, poles, skates, goggles, hats, caps, gloves, snorkels, masks… The school uniform—red shorts, red and white jersey—suits his lean body. In the photo he kneels on a green field against a backdrop of flaming maples, a black and white […]