nmcneill5Jun 24, 202115 minThe Earth and the AirportOur neighbour rolled through our gate in a gleaming white dually pickup pulling a tracked skid steer on a flatbed trailer. Late morning...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 202133 minMount Fosthall from Sugar LakeThis past summer, I set out to peak Mount Fostall in the Southern Monashees and, if possible, do so along an aesthetic line, starting on...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 202112 minThe Only Places Worth GoingYears ago, embedded in the murky memories of the days before our children and before digital cameras, lives an episode in which Rebecca...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 202117 minThe Shore of Sugar LakeIn the Summer of 2019 the Pawluskis (a family around the corner from us) invited us to camp with them at Sugar Lake. It was a splendid...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 20218 minFalling like Forgiveness"Darling the snow is falling, falling like forgiveness from the sky" — Over the Rhine Yesterday was the first day of winter. It snowed...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 20213 minGoldilocks and the Sleeping ButterballThe other day while looking for a Christmas tree in the narrow strip of woods between our alfalfa fields, Eden found something she was...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 20214 minTraveling Light - Even with a Bunch of KidsIn 2010, my wife Rebecca and I set out with our two biological boys (Owen age 3 years and Caleb age 5 months) to adopt an eleven-year-old...
nmcneill5Jun 24, 20217 minA Good Day at MidnightI had never been to Bettles. Few people have because to get to Bettles, you have to come by air — although in winter there is the extra...