Since I was lucky enough to harvest a whitetail deer this year, and I have about a dozen pounds of wild rice laying around, I tried a new recipe that a friend posted to his cooking column in an area newspaper. I followed it fairly closely, and realized that with a few adjustments I had … Continue reading Wild Rice Meatballs →

It's not officially over but it just might be that due to the gosh-durned weather my fall hunting season is all but complete. This was a season of some firsts for me. And some seconds and even some thirds! It was my eighth season hunting deer. It was the first season that I saw so … Continue reading Deer Hunting 2018 →

I was bow hunting the Crane-song Woods somewhere in Crex Meadows Wildlife Area last week and this happened... there were a few hundred Sandhill Cranes in the large group that flew past. They were returning from their daytime feeding grounds (cornfields outside Grantsburg, WI) to the wildlife area for the evening to roost in the … Continue reading Video of hundreds of Sandhill Cranes flying by →

I like to sit alone in the woods And contemplate the universe Thinking about how fast time goes by And write poems in my head that I’ll never remember When you sit quietly, you hear things you never knew made noise A mouse scurrying underneath a log Leaves flitting in the wind The flapping of … Continue reading On Sitting Quietly In The Woods →

I've always been interested in harvesting hazelnuts, and this summer I finally had a chance. There are lots of hazelnut bushes in the oak barrens in my area, and one afternoon my daughter and I were out wandering about looking for wildflowers and I decided to check out some bushes I knew of on Fish … Continue reading Harvesting Hazelnuts →

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I went hunting on Friday afternoon for the first time in a couple weeks. It was a nice day, party cloudy and cold, but not too cold. I decided to start close to home and work my way northeast, with no final destination in mind when I departed. On My Way I crossed the county … Continue reading Hunting the Crane-song Woods →

I grew up in a family of sportsmen.  Both of my brothers hunt, and they are passionate about it.  My father loved to hunt and fish, but he passed away when I was 12 years old. I know that if he had lived longer, he would have taken me hunting when I was a teenager.  My … Continue reading My First Deer! →

In recent years, bread had gotten a bad rap as far as its relationship to our health goes. White bread especially is not very nutritious and can cause blood sugars to spike, but even whole wheat and other whole grain breads have similar problems. And even more recently, the gluten in bread has become an … Continue reading Man Can Live By Bread Alone →

Thanks for joining me! I began this website with the intention of posting essays about my adventures in cooking and baking, hunting, fishing and exploring all the amazing places right in my backyard in Burnett County, Wisconsin. -Kim Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton