Paddlin’ With Thoreau in Boulder Junction September 7, 2023
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Cancer Survivor’s and Caregiver’s Kayak Retreat
Saturday, August 19, 20237 a.m. – 1 p.m.Facilitated by Kayaker and Author Mary Anne Smrz The journey of cancer survivorship and caregiving presents unique challenges in “normal” times. COVID-19 complicated the process and took an even heavier toll on those traveling this path. Please join author and retreat facilitator Mary Anne Smrz for a much
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Paddlin’ with Thoreau… It’s Here!
Reflections from the Red Kayak “Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Reading And so Paddlin’ with Thoreau, Reflections from the Red Kayak, appropriately begins with that quote from Henry.
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Paddlin’ with Thoreau…Book Launch!
I am grateful and humbled to have had the unique opportunity to launch my book in mid-May at Thoreau College in Viroqua, Wisconsin. In May of 2023, a serendipitous collaboration manifested at Thoreau College. On the evening of May 15th in a beautifully renovated building called The Commons, which was once an old church, we
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A New Year Has Begun…
Reflections from the Red Kayak “Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence. The voice of nature is always encouraging.”
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Paddlin’ on… tenderly…
Reflections from the Red Kayak The shore was kissed, by sea and mist, tenderly… The picture below I call a snow flower. Little branches of a tree on a shore, its sharp edges are softly covered by mist in a shimmering glow of snow and ice. One of nature’s beautiful creations. Slowly, gently, tenderly, winter
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