Jan
22
Over a year ago I helped put up a WordPress blog for GRWW.org. Chip and I had a really good conversation about the idea of a White Water Park in downtown Grand Rapids. Chip, since then has been tirelessly campaigning for the idea. Suffice it to say that Chip has been really successful in both …
Jan
20
Anyone up for giant flying fish in your face while paddling this summer? I am definitely not. this article from the Chicago Tribune tells a tale of bureaucratic woe. State agencies in Michigan vying for action from both Illinois and Federal Agencies to take action against another invasive species into Lake Michigan. This species could …
Jan
13
IO9 has been in my RSS feeds for a couple years now. I really like this sci-fi blog. While they do have a ton of information and articles about sci-fi shows, and movies, which clearly anyone who’s met me knows I am a sucker for; they also have great articles on interesting trends in astronomy, …
Jun
11
Chip Richards of Grand Rapids is in need of volunteers for the Grand Rapids Water Festival He forwarded this message along. I will be there on the water. Please mark your calender for the Grand Rapids Water Festival, Saturday June 20th at Riverside Park. GRWW will be hosting the valet boat coral. People that want …
Apr
24
Diane Carr of Traverse City Michigan attends the WMCKA Symposium every year as an instructor. She is also an artist. I was trying to look up her e-mail address to make sure she got the invite for the Instructor Update. So I google her. This is what comes up when you google Diane Carr! Just …
Apr
03
William Gibson shared this video on his blog. I am not sure what part of the Arctic this is from. The games are held in Canada. So I am imagining this type of singing is from somewhere in the Canadian arctic rather than Greenland. Awesome throat singing in either case and very non-western approach to …
Mar
25
The excellent PBS Program Nova is airing a program called Extreme Ice. This documentary film by James Balog shows time lapse videos of glaciers rapidly melting and disappearing into the sea all across the Northern Hemisphere. James Balog also appeared on Fresh Air to discuss the film. I think the film should be enlightening about …
Mar
04
John Fleming and I both had a hankering for some river kayaking because our beloved Lake Michigan is still encased in ice several hundred yards straight out. However that may be changing this week. We met at the downtown Waterstreet Coffee Joint. I had some tea and a rosemary shortbread cookie. John and I braved …
Mar
02
I’ve been working on a number of projects that have kept me from blogging recently. Grand Rapids White Water.com for instance. This site is intended to communicate about the movement to get a white water park in downtown Grand Rapids. I’ve been to the white water park in South Bend Indiana. It’s great fun, and …
Feb
02
I probably don’t say enough about Crohn’s Colitis. I have both. I was diagnosed at the age of 19 when I went from my normal 165-170 to 135 in about 6-8 weeks. I was hospitalized and then almost died in the hospital from a subsequent infection when I was 23. I have luckily been very …
