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Picturing Driftless Wisconsin
I did that yesterday; abandoned the car for a walk along the Mississippi River bank. The wind was light from the southwest, impacting the bank at an angle so that wave crests darted along the shore like fish exploring the shallows. While the waves chased my feet, the...
Spring’s Arrival
Just to confirm spring’s arrival, my five-going-on-six-year-old grandson coaxed me out to the backyard for the first game of catch. His arm is stronger this year, which keeps his grandpa on his not-so-nimble toes. And the bicycles have emerged from storage in time for...
Springtime in Driftless Wisconsin
My wife and I live in a coulee along a drywash, a meager contributor to the Mississippi River and yet a topographical tributary to the Mississippi Valley. We live in shadow until midmorning, when the sun finally appears to resume its work on spring, as an artist...
Driftless – what’s in a name
Eagle Watching
Certainly no glimpse compares in sheer grandeur to the sight of a bald eagle soaring over the river valley. Sitting on a breeze like royalty on a throne, the bald eagle reigns supreme over its river kingdom.The overlook at Pikes Peak Park across from Prairie du Chien...
Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament
These are the options for competitors at the 89th Annual Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament to be held near Westby on February 3 – 4. The tournament will attract some of the best jumpers in the world to this 118-meter hill nestled in Timber Coulee. And given the...
New Year’s Winter
In Driftless Wisconsin, the New Year ushers in more than college football bowl games, New Year’s resolutions, and a new calendar on the wall. It welcomes winter. Winter arrived officially on December 22, yet with holiday shopping, giving, and celebrating, no one...
Driftless Wisconsin Holiday
Trees have been stripped of all semblance of the seasonal rush from spring budding to fall foliage and the march of colors through the spectrum. Even the oak trees have given up the chase, having shed their golden-brown leaves. It inspires a scene ripe for the...
Visitor Survey
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