Comments for Jerry Dennis

Comment on A NEW BOOK (FINALLY!) by Jerry Dennis

Jerry Dennis — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:03:57 +0000

Thank you, Sondra. I remember the conversations we had about paddling, rivers, writing, and the infinite in 2000-2001. I’m delighted that you’re still using the canoe guide in its evolving editions. I’m making plans and taking notes for a 4th edition, but alas I’ll have to do it alone. Craig passed away several years ago, so as you can imagine it will be a bittersweet project. Glad you’re enjoying the new book as well. –Jerry

Comment on A NEW BOOK (FINALLY!) by Sondra Willobee

Sondra Willobee — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:02:56 +0000

Enjoyed the program at Hamburg Library very much and the book itself even more. One of my favorite passages was from the elegant first essay, “Loon Song,” about how Spring “doesn’t spring, it sidles, two steps forward and one back, and then it halts altogether, like a child in a sulk.” Sulky child happening right now! I also liked how “A Round River” ended, suggesting that blunders can be good for us, reminding us “that we’re humble travelers in a complicated world.” But the part of Up North that I liked the best was the description of your canoeing ritual in “River Rush” going back to 1984 when you and Craig Date began writing Canoeing Michigan Rivers. Your guidebook has been in our shuttle vehicle ever since you published it, replaced only by each new edition. Like you, we “still get excited every time we push off the bank,” unable to resist “the draw of that first downstream bend and whatever waits beyond it.” I read your book for pleasure–and instruction. You demonstrate how to write vividly about nature and how to tease out meaning from our experience of the natural world. Thank you.

Comment on A NEW BOOK (FINALLY!) by Sondra Willobee

Sondra Willobee — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:54:00 +0000

Hi Jerry,
Congratulations on the new book. I’m glad its production kept you “on an even keel” in 2020-21. Writing a memoir about hiking and canoeing my way through the pandemic kept me steady through the madness. Looking forward to “seeing” you at the virtual program at the Hamburg Public Library tomorrow night.

Comment on A NEW BOOK (FINALLY!) by Joe Kopec

Joe Kopec — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:23:32 +0000

Dear Jerry
Just finished rereading “The Living Great Lakes” for the Great Lakes/Great Book Club here (Sturgeon Bay Wi) at the WriteOn/Door County and Maritime Museum group. We read it a few years ago and I contend it is the best book available on the Great Lakes. Hope that you are well and will look into your latest book. Question: For the upcoming Group Meeting on Jan. 6, 2022. Whatever happened to the Malabar? And the crew esp Hajo? Couldn’t find anything on Wikipedia or net. Have you ever considered an update or sequel to the book in terms of what’s happened in the last 20 years? Much ado. Very best wishes for 2022.

Comment on IT’S A NEW, NEW YEAR by Jerry Dennis

Jerry Dennis — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:15:50 +0000

Thanks, Pam. Gail long ago made me promise not to share our private moments at home but I keep breaking the promise. In response to this one she said, ominously,”I will have my revenge.”

Best to you and David.

Comment on IT’S A NEW, NEW YEAR by P. J. Grath

P. J. Grath — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:39:23 +0000

Jerry, I was so glad to see a new post from you and absolutely love this one. You and Gail sound like David and me at times when our exchanges sound like what I call “The Mom and Pop Show.” Gail and the vitamins is — wow! Can’t wait to share that one with my other half.

Comment on Time Marches on, a Sad Loss, I’m Wearing My Editor Hat Again, and Reader’s Block Ends. by Kevin Krause

Kevin Krause — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:21:36 +0000

I am trying, again, to get my head around Lincoln in the Bardo… Barkskins was my hands down favorite though… One thing that I started a year or so ago, Jerry, was whatever I’m reading (and I usually have two or three books going at once) if the protagonist or the narrator mentions a song or an author I stop, then and there and buy a copy of same… I listen to it while I read, or I put the title in the que… hasn’t failed me yet.

Comment on Time Marches on, a Sad Loss, I’m Wearing My Editor Hat Again, and Reader’s Block Ends. by Jerry Dennis

Jerry Dennis — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:24:16 +0000

Thank you, Terri. I know you and Barry have had your share of it. My girlfriend sends her love back, and so does Gail. (She won’t be even a little amused by this, but I can’t help myself.)

Comment on Time Marches on, a Sad Loss, I’m Wearing My Editor Hat Again, and Reader’s Block Ends. by Terri Barto

Terri Barto — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:09:39 +0000

Jerry, SO sorry to hear about your Dad. A hard loss that. Sending love to you and your girlfriend!

Comment on LOON SONG by Jerry Dennis

Jerry Dennis — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:13:18 +0000

Thank you, Sondra! Was it really 2003? I hope you can make it back to Bear River one of these years.