Life on the Bog • Ep. 321 - Aug 28-Sept 2, 2024

Soot Monger
Huge rain, scouring, gushing, pounding the roof and earth! Potluck picnic at the neighbor's, grilled burgers and homemade chili and potato salad. And four dogs NOT at ease ...especially Insley who careens through the picnic grounds stirring up the shindig! I finally get a haircut from daughter Chelsea and have a chance to play with my grandkids. Then, the dreaded annual woodstove chimney disassembly-and-cleaning-day has arrived.
LIFE ON THE BOG chronicles life lived closely within the natural world of northern Minnesota, its seasonal shifts, observing the wildlife passing through and the rhythms advancing: grouse drumming, peepers screeching, trumpeter swans trumpeting, tree frogs keening, grosbeaks fluting. This journey is at times absurd, reflective, humorous, slapstick, thoughtful, silly, contemplative, and laughable, but never profane.