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Since my last reflection piece in 2019, well, a lot has changed. For one, me and my wife Amanda welcomed our daughter Aniah Princess Arentz into the world in September 2020.
Migratory birds are flocking back to their summer homes. One of my favorite birds to watch and nurture are the Eastern Bluebirds.
Every now and then, in my travels around the Driftless I get lucky and find two stories at the same time.
Located just a short meandering drive on the southern outskirts of Baraboo Wisconsin, is a tourist mecca of food, spirits, the renowned Devil’s Lake State Park, and a quaint motel called the WilloWood Inn.
Some places are just destined to carry on despite just about anything that is thrown in the way. Time, floods, economics, even a pandemic, sometimes can be too much.
A couple weeks ago, I went to Echo Valley Farm in Ontario, Wisconsin, for a class called The Root of Healing.
I was fishing with my friend Rick this day. It was about 38 degrees this day. Rick had on neoprene waders and was cooking due to them. He complained the entire outing.
After rehabilitating at the Raptor Education Group Inc. (REGI) located in Antigo, Wisconsin, three eagles took to the skies.
The motley crew of kids from “the block" are all alive except for two. As children this crew hung out together.
Built in 1897, originally housing the Congregational Church, the historic building on the corner of North Washington and East Jefferson streets in Viroqua, Wisconsin, has evolved over its 123-year history.
To count the number of personal stories from any war would be impossible at best. But of all the wars our country has fought, none have left such a devastating effect on its Veterans as the war in Vietnam.
I know writing a short on an artist located in Westfield, Wisconsin is kind of pushing the envelope on the Driftless Area, but technically it is on the far Eastern edge.
