#27 - A Quiet Creek Lost to Time

"The water stretches out before my canoe like a liquid path into the past."

Jun 19 • The (Wild)erness Journal

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May 2026

#26 - Mushrooms & More in May

"Life happens somewhere in the in-betweens, and in seeking gratitude, the doldrums, by natural law, drift away…"

May 31 • The (Wild)erness Journal

36

12

3

April 2026

#25 - On Tranquility in Nature & the Mind

"For me, nature calibrates my inner compass. It is a portal to tranquility."

Apr 12 • The (Wild)erness Journal

70

26

8

March 2026

#24 - First and Second Spring in the North Country

"Their presence is welcomed with open arms for if the robins never returned, winter might never leave."

Mar 31 • The (Wild)erness Journal

38

20

2

#23 - A Walk Through Late Winter Woods

"So these special moments, however small, can be preserved like jam, and spread upon my soul indefinitely, whenever I read the words, whenever I need to…

Mar 1 • The (Wild)erness Journal

45

14

3

February 2026

#22 - Winter & a Pot of Gold

"People often talk about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but what about the pot of gold found in man’s soul at the end of the day?"

Feb 18 • The (Wild)erness Journal

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15

6

January 2026

#21 - January Wilderness & A Low Winter Fog

"A young swamp spruce reaching, growing, until one day its branches may stretch big enough to shine like smoky emeralds underneath the phantom light of…

Jan 18 • The (Wild)erness Journal

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22

10

December 2025

#20 - Echoes of the Wilderness Found in Forgotten Swamps

Be like the swamp and the bog who remain wild even after everything else has been tamed.

Dec 29, 2025 • The (Wild)erness Journal

42

13

7

#19-The Gold Mind

True wealth is mined in the mind.

Dec 22, 2025 • The (Wild)erness Journal

31

5

5

#18-Before the Noise: The Primal Silence Winter Once Held

"It used to be so quiet one could ponder the great mysteries of the universe."

Dec 1, 2025 • The (Wild)erness Journal

47

27

6

November 2025

#17-November Frost

"They leave reluctantly, even as ice forms on most water bodies, as if they are part winter themselves."

Nov 24, 2025 • The (Wild)erness Journal

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13

5

#16-When the Tamaracks Catch Fire

"When the sun shines just right, the tamaracks turn the color of campfire flames, whose fires slowly smolder down to embers until November gales blow…

Nov 3, 2025 • The (Wild)erness Journal

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10

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