Exploring the Fine Art of Romance

I lost my wife of 25 years just before Thanksgiving. I think my son and daughter, both in their early 20s, and I only...

Dropping a Line

By Robert Johnson - Well he did it. Dave Moon got his limit for the stripers last Tuesday evening. I thank Mary Pat, she’s...

The Pursuit of Happiness

By Dan Krotz - The Wall Street Journal, along with Forbes and Bloomberg News, have run stories recently on “The Happiest and Unhappiest Places...

The Nature of Eureka: Happy Crystallofolia Season

By Steven Foster - It is crystallofolia time! Perhaps new to your natural history vocabulary, “crystallofolia” is a term coined by Bob Harms of...

Dropping a Line

By Robert Johnson - Taxidermy business is great, but you can’t stuff a fish until you catch it. Here at Holiday Island the walleye, bass...

The Pursuit of Happiness

By Dan Krotz - Eric Hoffer was among the most remarkable of Americans born in the 20th Century. Orphaned as a young teenager, and...

Exploring the Fine Art of Romance

My husband and I really enjoy the holidays but every year our love life goes out the window. With all the extra goings-on, what...

The Nature of Eureka: The art of sugaring

By Steven Foster - What better time to contemplate our modern national obsession with sugar than the holiday season? Start with the sugar load...

Dropping a Line

By Robert Johnson - It’s the last day of November and the fish are liking it, but very few anglers are fishing. Beaver Lake stripers...

The Pursuit of Happiness

By Dan Krotz That old Ozark Mountain folk artist, Skidmore C. Shanksberry, is contemplating a series of paintings that capture moments of celebration and angst...