Tag Archives: outdoors

The Outdoors Bible

From Dean Ohlman on November 29, 2011

One of the highlights of my travels with RBC’s Day of Discovery team was the opportunity I had to visit one of the few groves of old cedars left in Lebanon: The Cedars of God. As it is with valuable … Continue reading »

The Outdoor Nazi

From Dean Ohlman on October 23, 2011

The day I saw my physician’s assistant was an awesome Indian Summer day. While sitting in the examination room, I took the liberty of lifting the closed blinds to look down into the blazing branches of a sugar maple that … Continue reading »

Autumn Doxology

From Dean Ohlman on October 16, 2011

I’ve had a long love affair with the maple tree.  It started with the three sugar maples that stood in front of our house in Hastings, Michigan.  One of them was a perfect climbing tree that had a particular limb … Continue reading »

Hunter-Gatherer

From Dean Ohlman on September 28, 2011

Marge likes to shop for groceries. I like to forage. I have to admit, though, that if our lives depended on my foraging, we’d become mighty lean. (Since almost every popular magazine has an article on dieting, maybe I could … Continue reading »

We Need Nature

From Dean Ohlman on September 25, 2011

Seems like a given, doesn’t it? The natural world is the material source of life. But I mean “need” in a different sense. Let me explain: Friday, September 23, was the official beginning of autumn this year. As always, the … Continue reading »