Category Archives: Canoeing

Letting Go and the Symmetry of Canoes

By Paul | Published: June 14, 2009
Tualatin River, September 22, 1999 On Friday I sold my canoe. The last time we had it in the water was the summer of, maybe, 2005. Since then it’s been in the backyard, covered with a decaying plastic tarp. It needed some minor repairs to make it usable and a lot of work to bring it [...]
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Essay: Paddling Meditation

By Paul | Published: September 9, 2007
A fine mist hovers just above the lake as the sky begins to lighten. The still, dark water reflects the firs lining the opposite bank. Here and there a trout takes a bite out of the surface, rippling the mirror and sending a gentle splash into the air. As the sun creeps over the ridge, [...]
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