Highway Boredom?

From Dean Ohlman on May 31, 2009

I remember as a kid being bored to death on long drives.  So my brothers and I would seek to remedy that with counting contests. To get a point you had to be the first to spot the agreed-on target … Continue reading »

The Joy (or not) of Hiking

From Dean Ohlman on May 28, 2009

Reading Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods was a great pleasure.  Perhaps no more entertaining book has been written on the pleasure—and mostly pain—of hiking the Appalachian Trail.  One thing it did do for me for sure was to … Continue reading »

Hummingbird Wars

From Dean Ohlman on May 27, 2009

Sunday I put up two hummingbird feeders—motivated by the discovery that hummingbirds were visiting the patch of catmint in the center of the cul-de-sac in front of our condo.  We don’t see them often around our place, which, because of … Continue reading »

A Wilderness Sojourn

From Dean Ohlman on May 22, 2009

My friend Bob Barr works for the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies near Mancelona, Michigan.  He often tells a personal story to show how, like many characters in the Bible, a sojourn in the wilderness can bring about spiritual … Continue reading »

Helping Creation "Flourish"

From Dean Ohlman on May 19, 2009

My trip south last week was for the purpose of attending the inaugural conference of the new creation-care organization Flourish.  It was the best of such conferences I have yet attended.  One of the delights was that David Neff, editor … Continue reading »