Henry just signed up for the Boy Scouts. We'll see how it goes! He's been doing the more informal Cadet Corps for a few years with my parents' church…More »

Actually, ping pong is an outdoor sport after all. Friends of ours, the bros who live at BroBrook, have been playing outdoor pong in their back yard almost every day for a year now…More »

How about this: it's not just about the kids. If any generation, even old farts, starts heading out into a more creative situation more often, it'll pay off…More »

Beach stones are a big reason we drive to the Keewenaw, wander beaches for hours (or drift hanging out of a canoe in the shallows, scanning), load the car to the axles, and have rocks everywhere around the house, on the porch…More »

I didn't think I could fall in love with any other season after this year's autumn…More »

Flying Carpet by Richard Halliburton ...More »

Am. Boy's Handy Book, DC Beard, VG, used...More »

A Tale of the Mackinaw Fur Trade, Sandy MacDonald'...More »

Camping and Woodcraft by Horage Kephart, 2 vols., ...More »

Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton ...More »