by Chris Woodside | Jul 31, 2014 | Get This
Horseshoe Lake, way the heck north in Wisconsin, near where Bill Holtz lives William Holtz was an English professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia when he stumbled upon the papers of Rose Wilder Lane. He committed himself to writing her biography even though...
by Chris Woodside | Jun 13, 2014 | Get This
Chris Woodside on Lafayette Mountain, White Mountains, New Hampshire I, Chris Woodside, will lead a three-day writing workshop on the shores of incredible Squam Lake next June. Mark your calendars and join me on June 12, 13, and 14 at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in...
by Chris Woodside | May 5, 2014 | Get This
The Eight-Legged Thing on Katahdin, end of our thru-hike, from left: Cay, Phil, Chris, Nat. Photo by Cowboy Paul Lybarger. The thin paperback’s cover bent back. My friend Phil held it up above his head in his left hand and tipped the page toward the beam of his tiny...
by Chris Woodside | Mar 31, 2014 | Get This
Dust buries a South Dakota farm in 1936. Wikimedia Commons Eighty years ago, in 1934, over-plowed land in the interior lands of the United States began to spread. The drought was the worst in American history. As Public Broadcasting said in its meticulous notes about...
by Chris Woodside | Mar 6, 2014 | Get This
U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms Charles P. Higgins turns the Ohio Clock forward for the first Daylight Saving Time in 1918. Senators William M. Calder (NY), Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (DE), and Joseph T. Robinson (AR) stand in front. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Daylight saving time...
by Chris Woodside | Feb 14, 2014 | Get This
Plain Chobani yogurt. Image via wendyweekendgourmet.com The New York State-based Greek yogurt company, Chobani, supported the United States OIympic Team and wanted the athletes to eat the “official yogurt” in Sochi. But the Russians would not allow the...
