River Road Ramblings

Comments and photographs from an old local historian and backwoodsman about life in the St. Croix River Valley

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Anhedonia and Euphoria -- a Phantasmagoria

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Spock of Star Trek Did he suffer from ANHEDONIA? My neighbor just down the hill says he will tap his maple trees today!   I stopped to v...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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 River Road Rambler Biography--from the NW Regional Writer's latest book. Creative Reflections Link   Russ who retired in 2005 a...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Maple Syrup Season begins in 1 month

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Our Beebe ancestors making maple syrup--not how much the man behind the kettle looks like Russ! Dad collecting sap on the north 6...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Making Maple Syrup

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MAKIN' MAPLE SUGAR    by James A Ross  100 years ago -- Canada   Ross' book of rural poetry link Brother Byron making syrup in...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Washington's Birthday Remembered

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     For the Northwest Regional Writers assignment:  "How did I find ____?"   I chose to write how my family came to find Wisconsi...

Margo feeling better

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Margo undergoes home surgery After 16 chemotherapy sessions, Margo has until March 11th to recover before surgery.  Her hair is showi...
Monday, February 4, 2013

Margo's Cancer gone?

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Margo is recovering from chemo! Three weeks after the last chemo, her mouth sores are mostly gone, her appetite is back, and she is starting...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Edward L Wilson (2/5/48-1/30/13)

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A good friend of mine, Ed Wilson, of Cushing, WI. passed away earlier this week. I knew him from grade school, high school and as a neighbo...

Update on Margo

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Margo, my spouse of 40 years, finished chemo for breast cancer on the 14th.  It was difficult with a couple of hospitalizations along the w...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Margo back home

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Margo is back home tonight!   The blood transfusion of 2 units and some morphine based medication got rid of her headache and she is feeling...
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