An autumn road trip through Michigan and Ohio, filled with beautiful views, little adventures, familiar places, and the reminder that sometimes the best trips are the ones that happen a little differently than planned.
Some trips are about checking places off a list. Others are about the memories you make along the way, the places that surprise you, and the time you get to spend with the people who matter most.
Read MoreThree days of backcountry camping along the Obed Wild and Scenic River: a riverside camp in the trees, a full moon that lit up the night, a misty morning on the water, and two sets of visitors we never saw coming.
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Read MoreSome trips give you a nice view. This one gave me a fox, two turkeys, a flock of rogue chickens, a night by a creek with not another soul in sight, one of the largest natural arches east of the Mississippi, and, just when I thought the trip couldn't hand me anything else, a mother bear and her cub strolling across the road like they owned it. Because, honestly, they do.
Read More‘Tis that time of year when musicians are extremely busy and spread thin with Christmas performances! I thought it might be interesting to share what a musicians life is like during the Christmas holiday season.
Read MoreWhen I have out of town friends or family visiting, one of the first places I take them is to the best spot to view the Mississippi River and the Stone Arch Bridge, at the Guthrie. A river which divides two Sister Cities, a visualization of how different the two worlds on either side of that continually changing body of water truly are.
Read MoreHow are musicians, who are only trained to play music and take auditions, expected to have a career outside of playing in an orchestra?
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