Enjoy the outdoors itch free
Enjoying the outdoors no longer has to mean suffering from irritating itches courtesy of insects and poison ivy…
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August/September 2013
No estimate too high for this slice of Hurricane Sandy damage
By Terry Brady — Year after year the cove was changing. He couldn’t stop it, but he wasn’t about to join it, either…
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Lake Placid: Story ideas
By Lisa Densmore — As I extend my latest and last invitation to you to come to the 2013 OWAA conference, I am winging my way from my home in Montana to my hometown near Lake Placid…
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Dave Richey was true grit and a true friend
By Tom Huggler — An asthma condition kept him from playing sports as a child so he turned to the outdoors and began writing about it in his 20s…
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Writing for television: Part two
By Karen Loke — In the previous issue of OU, I started jotting down some tips on how to write for television including the first two tips below…
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Wand to improve your landscape photos? Just add people
By W.H. “Chip” Gross — Early in my photography career, I purposely left people out of my landscape photos thinking that such pictures better captured the essence of wilderness and wild places…
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Why geography is important
By Larry Peabody — In his book “Fundamentals of World Regional Geography” (Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2007), author Joseph J. Hobbs cites a 2002 study commissioned by the National Geographic Society…
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Cookin' up another new story
By Tom Watson — There is one thing I love nearly as much as I love writing: cooking! I find both have a lot in common…
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The 'Bangor Maineiac': Carey Kish
By Peter Van Horn — Carey Kish was 18 years old when he through-hiked the Appalachian Trail…
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Why come to conference?
By Tom Sadler — Are you coming to conference? I hope so…
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