A woodsman was once asked, “What would you do if you had just five minutes to chop down a tree?” He answered, “I would spend the first two and a half minutes sharpening my axe.” Anonymous I love that quote, a version of which was once attributed to Lincoln, but on investigation, Quote Investigator discovered,…

I’m a National Park junkie, so if you ask me there’s nothing much better than spending a weekend strolling, hiking, climbing on and off the wilderness trails. Unless. I get a chance to curl up in my favorite chair, and snuggle under my snuggliest blanket, and climb my way through a new writing craft. Ah,…