Tag: Outdoor Adventure
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Surviving the summer heat
By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal In times of summer heat the margins of the day are when we can find comfort and solace. ... -
Partaking in the European heatwave
By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal The Eisbach is flowing full on a Sunday morning in downtown Munich, surging under the bridge, a whitewater ... -
Riika: It’s going to take some time
By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal Where does one start? The beginning? Or the end? In the early days or with the long fade ... -
Because it’s there: Paddling the wilds of Boundary Waters
“To paddle the lakes of the Boundary Waters is to take more than a canoe trip, it is to take a journey to lands the likes ... -
Small, medium and large; lists for all occasions
By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal I am a keeper of lists. Mundane lists: a “To Do” list, one on my work desk, one ... -
Urban adventure brings unexpected awe, passion, hope
By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal The famous cherry blossoms of springtime are two weeks gone when our plane touches down at Reagan Airport ... -
Against the odds
By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal “In a year you’ll be old enough to vote and the world will be a better place for ... -
The spirit that drives a dog
BY MITCH MODE Special to the Star Journal At times I wonder of Thor, of what he is and what he was and what he left ... -
When a hunt becomes something different
“We hunt here because it is easy on an old dog. We do not hunt with an expectation of birds. But we hunt, the two of ... -
Seasonal change signaled by feathered friends
“The birds lift eyes to skyscape as if reading ancient scrollwork etched in fine calligraphy across the blue expanse of August sky; blind to us, a ...
