Back Creek Bushcraft

About 1.5 million years ago, our ancestors learned to control fire — and the world changed forever. Cooking food unlocked massive amounts o...

​ I finally met one of my writing heroes. George Washington Sears—Nessmuk—was born in 1821, battled lifelong tuberculosis, and at 59 paddle...

​ The moon slips silver across still water, frogs chant their low, ancient hymn. A fish rises — one clean splunk — and the night swallow...

      Most people only know about the schoolhouse. They don’t know that the same four Lenape warriors struck the day before, July 25, 1764, ...

I’m thinking about blogging again,  Over the years my life has changed, times have changed. And technology has changed. I hope you like the ...

    From the farm to the field this is probably the one of the most iconic (and my favorite) pocketknife patterns to have been carried throu...