Tag: Northwoods Writing

  • Nothing Is Forced into Action Except the Old Boat Motor

    Nothing Is Forced into Action Except the Old Boat Motor

    At the cabin, stories rise the way ghosts do. Nobody can produce them on demand. They are, like the Dylan lyric about sons and daughters, “beyond our command.” They flash across consciousness, drift back into the trees, return when they are ready. This is why I come again to Big Casey Lake, to the Old-Style…