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Remembering Morfar

“Among the photos taken during the time I lived in Denmark, the one missing is of Morfar and I. This is despite hours spent together often involving some sort of playful shenanigan. For instance, his on-going attempt to get me to pronounce tongue-twisting, impossibly difficult Danish phrases. As I’d do this, he’d chuckle while patting me on the back affectionately. Morfar didn’t speak much English nor I Danish, but we understood one another. And it was in those moments when he became the grandfather I never knew. One afternoon, we shared a humorous run-in with a notorious biker gang. Thirty years later, I still think of him often, especially when I hear a motorcycle.”

-Prose & Wine, March 2026

Fly Fishing the Space Between Seasons

“For one writer, a float trip down eastern Tennessee’s South Holston River provides reflection as he finds patience in letting go and peace in realizing his son is growing up.”

-Blue Ridge Outdoors

Terroir of Aloha: Syrah Finds Its Hawai’ian Home

“There are two wineries hidden away where one would least expect: up steep slopes on a remote south Pacific chain of islands. Nourished by the sacred volcanic soils of Kīlauea and Haleakalā, Hawai’ian viniculture and winemaking flourish with the noble grape Syrah as it delicately expresses some of the most unique terroir on Earth.”

-The Vintner Project

Reflections of a Cold War Kid

“It was early spring 1993. The Soviet Union was no more. Yet, its remnants lingered as a group of Academy students participated in an exchange program at St. Peterburg School #631. We all brought back mementos. I brought back Vlad. Not because I admire him, but as a reminder of what ideology can do when valued over humanity.”

-The Path