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“The hottest thing you’ll see happen out on the ice is one of these flags tipping up,” says the ice fisherman, our guest teacher in Mr. Copeland’s ecology class. He’s holding a “tip up,” a [...]

A few corrections, due to my lack of note taking in the field: “Males” are a third smaller than females, one wants to search in fields the farmer “hadn’t” worked [...]

[I’m putting together the ice fishing pictures, so it will be another day or two before that post. For now, here is a photo of a Hawaiian student tapping a confident toe at the edge of Green [...]

*Names have been changed. It begins with the smell of wet leather, then the steady scuffing of boots down the aisle of the school bus. It’s a scene from my past except now I’m reliving it with [...]

At dusk, I walked along the frozen-lipped edge of Green Lake, it’s shore a mere two hundred feet from my cabin. There, wintering shrubs poked through the snow, each thin-tipped stalk aiming [...]

Writers and readers of nonfiction, whether professional or hobbyist, will at some point find themselves asking questions about truth versus fact. As a point of discussion this morning, I [...]

Student quote of the day (overheard): “Can you microwave bacon?” Faculty quote of the day, in response to my query about dress code: “Don’t worry—you look fine. Me? I’m a clothing horse.” Now I [...]

Interlochen, Michigan is about 15-20 miles from the shore of Lake Michigan on Traverse Bay. The school itself, however, shares a boundary with Green Lake, a small, round lake bordered by [...]

For the first time since October (when I sold all my furniture), I now have a table to eat breakfast at. For the first time since November (when I moved all my clothes into duffel bags), I have [...]

I’ve lived and worked in enough communities to understand that my first night on campus was also likely to be my last night as an anonymous individual. Show up in the middle of winter in the [...]