Bob Verpa

Bob Verpa

by | May 8, 2020

A morelity play starring Amy Wheeler. Featuring morels by Andy Wade....
Impermanence

Impermanence

by | May 8, 2020

My morning walk takes me past landmarks no longer there:   Coe Primary, where I attended first and second grade, now offices.   Down the street, third and fourth grade gone. Only a park remains   Last year, May Street School razed, replaced by a brick...
Mushrooms on Toast

Mushrooms on Toast

by | May 2, 2020

            For a simple, quick breakfast it is hard to beat mushrooms on toast. In the spring I use morels, in the fall, chanterelles. Other mushrooms can be substituted. Ingredients  toast fresh mushrooms – whatever is in season onion or shallots minced garlic...
Asparagus and Morels

Asparagus and Morels

by | May 2, 2020

  Several years ago, a local timber company locked down the woods behind my house due to fire danger. One of their fallers set fire to the ridge the very next day. It burned for a week. The following spring, we went up there and harvested morels from the scorched...
Throwback Thursday – Taxi Ride

Throwback Thursday – Taxi Ride

by | Apr 23, 2020

Rick Murray takes me for a “taxi ride” around PIR Saturday, July25,2009 I don’t remember screaming but I seem to have lost my voice This was the most excitement I’ve ever experienced on a motorcycle, let alone on a sidecar. These things are...
Troubled Sleep

Troubled Sleep

by | Apr 17, 2020

I lie perfectly still, refusing to open my eyes, refusing to roll over struggling with my own thoughts desperate for just another thirty minutes of repose   Outside a bird calls from high in a tree striving to make its song heard above the incessant noise of...