Tag: Lake Freeman

  • Is it raining in Winamac?

    Three summers ago, we had precious little rain from late June until well into the fall. Grousing with neighbors in August on the impact to the lake level and on our ability to enjoy the lake (while waiting for a couple racks of ribs to smoke), a wise man who is a retired farmer (redundant,…

  • Outside my front door

    Outside my front door is a small town in a Midwestern county where about ninety-eight percent of the land is used for farming. Well, not right outside my door. Across the road is a plowed field that was in corn last year and will be in soy beans this year. The small town is about…

  • Outside my back door

    Our back yard is the Tippecanoe River. We don’t actually own it but we can borrow it any time we like. There are two dams on the Tippy as it flows through our town, and we live on Lake Freeman, formed by the lower dam which was completed in 1925. It’s not a majestic body…

  • You’d think this would be easy

    I’ve easily blown past the ten thousand hour rule for self-improvement. Many times. If I have developed any particular skill it’s got to be in the messy business of starting something new. I’ve gone through the start-up phase of so many careers, projects, commitments, and adventures you’d think I’d be good at it. It’s not…