I wish for all of you a wild place
Resonant words from the archives: Dear Calendar Owners, As I write this it is Memorial Weekend, 2007. I have just returned from working at the Ham Lake Fire on the…
Let It Snow!
Let It Snow! was first published in the 1998-1999 Ely Winter Times: Snow is pretty amazing stuff. Did you know that a light powder snow cover is 92% air? It…
Get Warm, Get Clean, Sauna!
This article was first published in the 2019 Ely Winter Times. The first thing you need to know about a sauna is how to pronounce the word. It’s Finnish, a…
The Winter Sauna
From the archives: The Winter Sauna by Becca Brin Manlove, 1999-2000 Ely Winter Times We scurried quickly over the path of ice, clad in nothing but soggy wool socks and…
Tanning a Deer Hide: October 2011 Sidebar
From Cache Lake Country by John Rowlands, a 1947 book full of poetic descriptions and practical directions: The Chief and I have been dressing the skin of his first buck…
It’s Time to Winterize: Herptiles in Canoe Country
The following was originally published as the sidebar text accompanying the above photo for November in the 2017 Boundary Waters & Quetico calendar. It’s time to winterize, and the herps…
Populus Tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, or Popple
The following content was originally published in our 2016 Boundary Waters & Quetico calendar. Photo credit: Steve Voiles. Depending on your perspective, aspen trees are pulpwood, weeds, or trees at…
Where does autumnal leaf coloration come from?
The following text was the September 2002 sidebar content in our Boundary Waters & Quetico calendar. Photo credit: Paul Sundberg. Lake Agnes. In the BWCAW and Quetico, peak leaf…
Love Stories from Basswood Lake
This piece is excerpted and edited from “Summer at the Lake” by John Huston, originally published in the 2006 Ely Summer Times. The above image features Edna & Paul at…
Moose Encounter
The following article was written by Libby Fena, and originally featured in the 2004-2005 Ely Winter Times. The six of us skied quietly. Behind us, two teams of dogs…