Tag Archives: Wisconsin

On the Fall of the Spring of 1964

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Karl Garson

In the early spring of 1964 I was in advanced flight training at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, a few miles north of Milton, a small city 20 miles northeast of Pensacola, in Florida’s panhandle. Advanced flight training was as … Continue reading →

Posted in civil rights movement, Published, Social Justice | Tagged Andrew Goodman, Corvair Monza, Evergreen Alabama, James Cheney, Karl Garson, Michael Schwerner, Naval Air Station Whiitng Field, North American T-28, Pensacola, Philadelphia Mississippi, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

On Wisconsin, and other states of mind

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on June 2, 2011 On Wisconsin, and other states of mind by Karl Garson Right off I’ll tell you that I love Wisconsin; tell you that without hesitation even after living in 11 other … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Justice, Wisconsin | Tagged Alice Walker, common ground, Jesse Jackson, Scott Walker, social justice, The Color Purple, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

The Land Shows Us the Way Back

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in The Wisconsin State Journal on May 6, 2011 Land Shows Us the Way Back by Karl Garson “He’s overeducated,” is a sentence I hadn’t heard in a long time until I wandered recently into a local convenience store … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Marginal Farmland, Nature, Wetlands, Wisconsin | Tagged blue heron, Crawford County, Everdene, Helgerson Ridge, Organic farming, Rural America, sandhill crane, U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

After Midnight, Early May

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Karl Garson

Early May is still two weeks off. But here at the farm the peepers have returned to chant the night. Of course, by day, resident Blue Herons arrive to hunt them around the pond and along the slough that drains … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Published, Spring | Tagged Karl Garson, Mississippi River, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

The Voices That Won’t Fade

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the The Wisconsin State Journal on March 28, 2011 as “Unwelcome voices just won’t fade.” The Voices That Won’t Fade by Karl Garson I associate November 22, 1963 with Pensacola, Florida and March 16, 2011 with Dodgeville, Wisconsin. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boise, Dane County Regional Airport, Dodgeville, Florida, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Nakashima, Imagine, John Lennon, Karl Garson, Madison, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nakashima Foundation for Peace, Pensacola, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Vietnam, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

April Snow in Wisconsin

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Karl Garson

The farm begins the last five days of March 2011 with freezing temperatures under full sun. A look at the forecast for the week ahead makes it a sure bet that somewhere in Wisconsin, even here is the state’s southwestern … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blystone's, Columbia County, farm, Karl Garson, Portage, snow, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Intolerance and other drugs

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in The Wisconsin State Journal on March 16, 2011 Intolerance, and Other Drugs by Karl Garson I finished reading Nina Revoyr’s “Wingshooters” on my flight back from New York. Manhattan to Madison; La Guardia to Dane County Regional afforded … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Karl Garson, Kurt Weill, Madison, Nina Revoyr, Wisconsin | Leave a comment