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- Recent
- “Tar” (Winner of Poetry category) and “Artificial Enthusiasm” Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors (Vol. 11), Nov 2022.
- “Accidental Tourism and War Memorials” in the anthology “Beyond Their Limits of Longing” (Milspeak Books, 2022)
- “Sawhorse” in the anthology “Level Land: Poems For and About the I-35 Corridor” (Lamar University Press, 2022).
- “Border Route Bliss” Northern Wilds, September 2022.
- “Labels” and “Retention Time” in photo/poetry collaboration book “Same Location, Multiple Perspectives” September 2022.
- “Hetch Hetchy” The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Aug 16, 2022.
- “Stauber failing to defend Constitution from domestic enemies” Duluth News Tribune, July 10, 2022.
- “Duluth man skis in 100th anniversary of Swedish race” Northern Wilds, March 2022.
- “This Is Not A Map” Consequence, Volume 13: Fall 2021.
- “Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks” The War Horse, September 2021.
- “Charlie Parr Links Up With Smithsonian for Latest Album” Minnesota Monthly, July 2021.
- “Isle Royale: Another World” Northern Wilds, July 2021.
- “A Sucker for the Sucker” Northern Wilds, May 2021.
- “State and Federal agencies prep for wildfire season” Northern Wilds, Apr 2021.
- “Sam Cook Tries to Sleep on the Ground” Northern Wilds, April 2021.
- “Charlie Parr signed by Smithsonian Folkways” Northern Wilds, Feb 2021.
- “Birkie Green: Working for What You Love” Silent Sports, Feb 2021.
- “Ore Boats: The Legend Lives On” Northern Wilds, Dec 2020.
- “Golden Eagle Lodge buys new groomer” Northern Wilds, Dec 2020.
- “Snacks for Santa” Northern Wilds, Dec 2020.
- “Life Measured in Dogs” Northern Wilds, November 2020.
- “Just a Kid” Pank Magazine, Fall/Winter 2020.
- “Break It, Then Take It” Outdoors Unlimited, June/July 2020.
- “The Things You Leave Out” The Wrath-Bearing Tree, June 2020.
- “Family Adventure Writing: 5 tips to help get your articles published” Outdoors Unlimited, Apr/May 2020.
- Poetry
- “Sad Yet Beautiful” book review, Consequence Magazine, Nov 15, 2019.
- “Can’t Outrun It” Collateral Journal (Issue 4.1), Nov 15, 2019.
- “Presentiment” Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors (Vol. 8) anthology, Nov 2019.
- “Rotate” The Deadly Writers Patrol #16, Fall 2019.
- “How Could You Do That?” Winner – Poetry – 2019 Col Darron L. Wright Award, Line of Advance, Oct 2019.
- “20180611” in “The Result is What You See Today: Poems About Running” anthology, Oct 1, 2019.
- “20180722” The Talking Stick (Vol. 28), Sept 2019.
- “The Path Through Security” The Wrath-Bearing Tree, 3 Dec 2018.
- “Henge” Waters Deep: A Great Lakes Poetry Anthology (Volume 1), December 2018.
- “Prisoner” The Freshwater Review (Volume 21), June 2018.
- “I Am Not Camus” and “Souls on Board” The Thunderbird Review (Issue 6), May 11, 2018.
- “Slipping the Surlies” Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors (Vol. 6), anthology, November 2017.
- “Air Born” Winner – Poetry – 2017 Col Darron L. Wright Award, Line of Advance, May 2017.
- “Lightning in my Chest” and “View-Master” The Deadly Writers Patrol (#12), Spring 2017.
- “Crossing the T” Grey Sparrow Journal, January 31, 2017.
- “Get Off My Lawn” The Talking Stick (Vol. 25), September 2016.
- “Hugging This Rock” Sleet Magazine, Spring-Summer 2016.
- “The Stars and Stripes is Free” Winner – Poetry – 2016 Col Darron L. Wright Award, Line of Advance, May 2016.
- “Anger Management” The Thunderbird Review (Vol. 4), Apr 2016.
- “Sawhorse” Sleet Magazine, Fall-Winter 2015.
- “Popocatepetl” Grey Sparrow Journal, Fall 2015. (Last Print Edition)
- “It Happened Anyway” O-Dark-Thirty, 17 Sept 2015.
- “Maybe I Should’ve Lied” Ash & Bones, Memorial Day 2015.
- “Quid Pro Quo”, “Did Joseph Heller Know King David?”, and “Moving Stuff Around” Poetry, Line of Advance (Vol. 4), May 2015.
- “Four Things” Grey Sparrow Journal, Spring 2015.
- “Hetch Hetchy” Aqueous Magazine, January 2015
- “The Program” Sleet Magazine, Fall 2014.
- “I Can Already Hear It” PRØOF Magazine, July 2014.
- “Bubble” Poetry Honorable Mention, The Talking Stick (Vol. 22), September 2013.
- “I Won’t Remember” and “Youth” Aqueous Magazine, December 2013.
- “You Should Know” O-Dark-Thirty, November 2013.
- “I Can Already Hear It” audio from KAXE: The Beat, 23 September 2013.
- “Bed Socks” Duluth News Tribune, 18 Aug 2013.
- Fiction
- “The Heart Under the Lake” Going Coastal: An Anthology of Lake Superior Short Stories, 2017.
- “The Dirty Dozen” O-Dark-Thirty, February 20, 2017.
- “Sweet Ride” Aqueous Magazine, Solstice 2016, Volume Eleven, Issue I.
- “Trail Through the Tamaracks” Short Story Winner – 2015 Lake Superior Writers Annual Contest (Theme: Super + Natural), May 2015.
- Down In It, e-book, March 2014.
- “The Iron Ranger” (3rd Place, Lake Superior Writers 2011 Open Genre Writing Competition)
- “Talk Normal” Oeuvre Magazine (Fall Fiction Issue), Nov/Dec 2009, p. 86.
- “No Thanks” Sleetmagazine.com, Spring 2010.
- “Admit Nothing, Deny Everything”, “No Thanks”, and “Learning Moment” Oeuvre Magazine, Aug 2009, p. 34.
- “Loony” Sleetmagazine.com (Premier Issue), Spring 2009.
- Nonfiction
- “I Have No Idea” Creative Nonfiction Winner – 2020 Lake Superior Writers Annual Contest (Theme: Undecided), May 2020.
- “‘It’ Shoots: Zen and Writing” in the anthology “Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War (Middle West Press, 2019).
- “Million-dollar Wound” Perfect Duluth Day, Nov 23, 2019.
- “New and Different Winter Gear for 2020” Northern Wilds, Nov 2019.
- “NorthShore Inline Marathon adds Skate Fest to its lineup” Northern Wilds, September 2019.
- “Traverse the Traverse” Northern Wilds, August 2019.
- “Chemical Warfare” Sleet Magazine, 10th Birthday Edition (Vol. 11, No. 1), Spring-Summer 2019.
- “Call it a Life List” Northern Wilds, June 2019.
- “Book Review by Eric Chandler: It’s My Country, Too” The Wrath-Bearing Tree, May 6, 2019.
- “Paddles by Glørud Design: Made to put in the water” Northern Wilds, April 2019.
- “A solar power surge in Duluth” Northern Wilds, March 2019.
- “Grand Avenue Nordic Center marking historic firsts” Northern Wilds, Feb 2018.
- “Duluth Biathlon Club on target” Northern Wilds, Jan 2019.
- “The Two Days of Christmas” Northern Wilds, Dec 2018.
- “Accidental Tourism and War Memorials” WWrite Blog, World War One Centennial Commission, November 2018.
- “The Korkki Relay” Korkki Newsletter, Fall 2018.
- “Solo on the Kekekabic Trail” Northern Wilds, Oct 2018.
- “Annual Ride celebrates Gitchi-Gami Trail growth” Northern Wilds, Aug 2018.
- “Duluth Rowing Club builds 2nd boathouse” Northern Wilds, June 2018.
- “An avalanche of winter fat bike trails” Northern Wilds, March 2018.
- “Youth Outdoors-Duluth enters third year” Northern Wilds, Feb 2018.
- “The Big Red One” Winner – Nonfiction, Columbia Journal, Veterans Day Edition, 8 November 2017.
- “Cross-Country Skiing: How to Get Started” Northern Wilds, November 2017.
- “Tedd Williams: No One Has More Fun” Northern Wilds, November 2017.
- “Veterans Day: Pay Attention” Northern Wilds, November 2017.
- “Hansi Johnson on Duluth: This is Real” Silent Sports, September 2017.
- “Duluth Parks: A long history” Northern Wilds, August 2017.
- “Vikre Distillery: Foraging for good spirits” Northern Wilds, July 2017.
- “Where in the World is Daniel Greysolon?” Northern Wilds, June 2017.
- “Local view: A nearly trillion-dollar economic engine, outdoor rec deserves stronger voice” Duluth News Tribune, 28 May 2017.
- “Hansi Johnson on Duluth: This is Real” Northern Wilds, May 2017.
- “Wisconsin Waterfall Weekend” Northern Wilds, May 2017.
- “A Beginner’s Guide to Hiking with Kids” Northern Wilds, April 2017.
- “Duluth Folk School begins enthusiastic second year” Northern Wilds, April 2017.
- “Temples and Trees” Northern Wilds, Feb 2017.
- “Historic Lighthouses in Duluth Added to National Register” Northern Wilds, Feb 2017.
- “Altai Hok Skis: Different and Fun” Northern Wilds, Feb 2017.
- “The Arrowhead 135: A True Northland Adventure” Northern Wilds, Jan 2017.
- “The Gift of Grace” Northern Wilds, Dec 2016.
- “Grand Avenue Nordic Center makes progress” Northern Wilds, Dec 2016.
- “Canal Park Brewing Company: Nut Hatchet Brown” Northern Wilds, Dec 2016.
- “Bent Paddle Brewing Company: Venture Pils” Northern Wilds, Nov 2016.
- “The Day I Held My Fire” The War Horse, 26 Oct 2016.
- “The Tree’s Inclined” Silent Sports, October 2016.
- “Leveaux Mountain” Northern Wilds, Oct 2016.
- “Thirsty Pagan Brewing: Velo Saison” Northern Wilds, Oct 2016.
- “Duluth Rowing Club dedicates new boathouse” Northern Wilds, Sep 2016.
- “Bent Paddle Brewing Company: Lollygagger Pale Ale” Northern Wilds, Sep 2016.
- “Fitger’s Brewhouse: Apricot Wheat” Northern Wilds, Aug 2016.
- “Cabin Life Lessons” Northern Wilds, Jul 2016.
- “Castle Danger Brewery: Castle Cream Ale” Northern Wilds, Jul 2016.
- “DCT launches at Lutsen” Northern Wilds, Jun 2016.
- “Borealis Fermentery: Speckled Ghost” Northern Wilds, Jun 2016.
- “Blacklist Brewing Company: Or de Belgique” Northern Wilds, May 2016.
- “I Did Love the Place Then” Perfect Duluth Day, 9 Apr 2016. One River, Many Stories project.
- “Voyageur Brewing Company: Trailbreaker” Northern Wilds, Apr 2016.
- “Anything Will Help” Line of Advance, 22 Feb 2016.
- “That’s Our Leo” (Part of “The Dogs of Northern Wilds”) Northern Wilds, March 2016.
- “Lake Superior Brewing Company: Old Man Winter Warmer” Northern Wilds, March 2016.
- “Even in cold cash, investing in outdoors amenities pays off” Duluth News Tribune, 28 Feb 2016.
- “A Chandler Family Road Trip (Part 2)” Northern Wilds, December 2015.
- “A Chandler Family Road Trip (Part 1)” Northern Wilds, November 2015.
- “Buckle Up” The Talking Stick (Vol. 24), September 2015. Honorable Mention, Creative Nonfiction.
- “The Duluth Rowing Club: Back to the Future” August 2015.
- “Homemade Root Beer” Northern Wilds, July 2015.
- “Grand Avenue Nordic Center takes shape” Northern Wilds, July 2015.
- “Isolationist” Nonfiction Winner. Line of Advance (Vol. 4), May 2015.
- “6 Superior Hiking Trail Surprises” Northern Wilds, May 2015.
- “Duluth rolls out the welcome mat for fat bikes” Northern Wilds, February 2015.
- “The Fun Dome” Northern Wilds, December 2014.
- “Crater in Mosul” Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors (Vol. 3), anthology, November 2014.
- “Luke and Eric’s Most Excellent Adventure: Mt. Rainier” Northern Wilds, August 2014.
- “McQuade Harbor Paddle” Northern Wilds, July 2014.
- “Chemical Warfare” Sleet Magazine, Spring 2014. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)
- “Whiteface River Mini-Expedition” Northern Wilds, May 2014.
- “Lakewalk Love Letter” Great Lakes Review, March 2014.
- “Schussing the Sugarbush” Northern Wilds, March 2014.
- “Instant Karma” Writers Read, January 2014.
- “Children’s Winter Wear: Tips and Tricks” Northern Wilds, January 2014.
- “Birthday Party” Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors (Vol. 2), anthology, November 2013.
- Outside Duluth, e-book, October 2013.
- “Making Bacon” Sleetmagazine.com, Fall 2013.
- “Rookie Family Goes Wild” Northern Wilds, Aug/Sept 2013.
- “Logging the Good Times” Silent Sports, July 2013.
- “Let’s Go Streaking!” Silent Sports, Apr 2013.
- “In Pursuit of Happiness” Sleetmagazine.com, Seasonal Supplement, Winter 2013.
- “Kids & Bikes: The Evolution” Northern Wilds, Aug/Sep 2012.
- “Cross-Country Kids” Northern Wilds, Feb/Mar 2012.
- “Mountain bikers dream big in Duluth” Silent Sports, November 2011.
- “Hikes for the Whole Family” Northern Wilds, Aug/Sep 2011.
- “Singletrack Paradise: Duluth trails plan gaining momentum” Northern Wilds, Aug/Sep 2011.
- “Stand Up Paddle Board: Walking on Water” Northern Wilds, Jun/Jul 2011.
- “Grace from a Monk’s Hood” Silent Sports, Jun 2011.
- “Runners Gone Wild: A Guide to Races Up North” Northern Wilds, Apr/May 2011.
- “Cross Country in the City: Beginner-Friendly Ski Trails in Duluth” Northern Wilds, Dec 2010 – Jan 2011.
- “Mr. Ferguson’s Legacy: The Lake County Demonstration Forest” Northern Wilds, Oct/Nov 2010.
- “Mud, Sweat, and Trails – Backwoods Runs in Duluth” Northern Wilds, Aug/Sep 2010.
- “Pedaling the Piedmont Trails” Northern Wilds, Jun/Jul 2010.
- “Families wait by a blue star” Duluth News Tribune, 30 May 2010.
- “The Permanent Rookie” Northern Wilds, Apr/May 2010.
- “Biathlon Range comes Back to Life” Northern Wilds, Feb/Mar 2010.
- “Bolder at Boulder Lake” Northern Wilds, Dec/Jan 2010.
- “Flying Saints” Minnesota Flyer, Dec 2009.
- “Grace from a Monk’s Hood” The Talking Stick, Vol. 18. Honorable Mention, Creative Nonfiction.
- “Air National Guardsmen have best of both worlds at the 148th” Duluth News Tribune, 13 Sep 2009.
- “Never Too Late” Oeuvre Magazine, Jul 2009.
- “Flying Saints” General Aviation News, 19 Jun 2009, p. 39.
- “Grandma’s Marathon” Northern Wilds, Jun/Jul 2009.
- “Why I Serve” Northern Wilds, Mar/Apr/May 2009.
- “Chop Wood, Carry Water” Lake Country Journal, Mar/Apr 2009.
- “Bolder at Boulder Lake” Silent Sports, Mar 2009.
- “Pulling the Pulk” Silent Sports, Mar 2009.
- “Returned airman values sounds of silence, and piano keys” Duluth News Tribune, 8 Feb 2009.
- “Supersonic Lessons Demand a Plan” 32 Degress (Premier Issue), Fall 2008.
- “Find a reason to serve your country” Duluth News Tribune, 23 Nov 2008.
- “Pulling a Pulk” Northern Wilds, Nov/Dec 2008.
- “Extreme Sport: Rail Meat” Northern Breezes, Oct/Nov/Dec 2008.
- “And ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’…” Duluth News Tribune, 2 Nov 2008.
- “Green, White, and Blue” Silent Sports, Nov 2008.
- “United in service, united in ceremony” Duluth News Tribune, 28 Sep 2008.
- “Running on Park Point” Northern Wilds, Sep/Oct 2008.
- “Keep the plan alive” Duluth News Tribune, 31 Aug 2008.
- “Biking: Gitchi Gami Trail” Hometown Focus, Aug 2008.
- “Happy to have landed in Duluth” Duluth News Tribune, 20 Jul 2008.
- “Hiking: Bean and Bear Lakes” Northern Wilds, Jul/Aug 2008.
- “Sailing Through the Portal of Doom” Northern Wilds, Jul/Aug 2008.
- “Message Received?” Minnesota Flyer, Jul 2008.
- “The Old Man of the Mountain” Vermont Sports, Jun 2008.
- “Biking: Gitchi Gami Trail” Northern Wilds, May/Jun 2008.
- “Chop Wood, Carry Water, and Wait for the Opener” Northern Wilds, Mar/Apr 2008.
- “Classic Korkki” Northern Wilds, Winter 2007.
- “Virtual Snow” Northern Wilds, Winter 2007.
- “Good Views…Lofty Heights: A Vision Takes Flight!” New Hampshire ToDo, Oct 2007.
- “Gitchi Gami Trail Scouting” Silent Sports, Oct 2007.
- “Migrate to Hawk Ridge” Northern Wilds, Fall 2007.
- “Biking: Silver Creek Cliff” Northern Wilds, Fall 2007.
- “The Old Man” GeezerJock, September 2007.
- “Message Received?” Flying Magazine, “I Learned About Flying from That” column, September 2007.
- “Hiking: Oberg Mountain” Northern Wilds, Summer 2007.
- “Challenge Accepted” Silent Sports, Jul 2007.
- “Hiking: Ely’s Peak” Northern Wilds, Spring 2007.
- “Good Views” Atlantic Flyer, Apr 2007.
- “Good Views” Minnesota Flyer, Jan 2007.
- “Supersonic Ski Lessons” DuluthXC.com, Jan 2007.
- Dear DXC Column (Answer to Perplexed), DuluthXC.com, Oct 2006.
- “Oberg Mountain Playground” Minnesota Trails Magazine, Summer 2006.
- “Virtual Snow” Silent Sports, Feb 2006.
- “Duluth Air Guard’s good work prevents base closure” Duluth News Tribune, 2 Nov 2005.
- “Oberg Mountain Playground” Silent Sports, Oct 2005.
- “Working on the Railroad” Silent Sports, Nov 2004.
- “Meditation on Motivation” Silent Sports, August 2004.
- “Minnesota Half Voyageur Trail Marathon” FasterSkier.com, Jul 2004.
- “Follow Your Nose” Skinnyski.com, Oct 2002.
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