We took an excursion to Wisconsin last weekend to visit the places of yesteryear, eat some crème de menthe soft serve and fried bluegill sandwiches, scan the radio for Hootie’s “I Only Wanna Be With Youuuuuuuuuuuuu”, and sit on a boat until we forgot why we lived in New York. We didn’t get it all done, but we did come home with some American flag shirts and a renewed understanding that Wisconsin is one of the most underrated states we’ve got. Bravo.

From Wisconsin’s bible, Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac:

Thus always does history, whether of marsh or market place, end in paradox. The ultimate value in these marshes is wildness, and the crane is wildness incarnate. But all conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.

MP3: Songs: Ohia – Old Black Hen (Demo)

MP3: Bob Dylan – If Not For You (From The New Morning Sessions)