View Juneau County, WI in a larger map Juneau County teaming with Wildlife and Forests along the Wisconsin River When Aldo Leopold wrote 'A Sand County Almanac' he was sitting on his sandy tree farm just a few miles down river from here in Sauk County, but the terrain is about the same, miles o...

01/10/2014

FAQ Can I Make Payments on the Deposit?

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FAQ Can I Make Payments on the Deposit? I don’t like having vacancies at this time of year but sometimes it happens that way so we have been getting a few homes ready this past month and interviewing potential tenants. Unforunately this time of year we have a lot less candidates than we have in ...

01/10/2014

Sand County on Wis River Adams County's bountiful Wildlife & Forests

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View Adams County Wisconsin in a larger map Sand County along the Wisconsin River, Adams County teaming with Wildlife and Forests When Aldo Leopold wrote 'A Sand County Almanac' he was sitting on his sandy tree farm just a few miles down river from here in Sauk County, but the terrain is about...

01/08/2014

ActiveRainers, Please Help! Urgent!

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Time to help Nina out in her campaign to help Caleb and his family, please pass this on to anyone you know in the MA area. Hopefully he is somewhere warm and safe and will be reunited with his family soon. Dear ActiveRainers, I am writing to request your urgent help in getting this Brookline Mass...

01/08/2014

Whatever Happened to Bruce?

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Whatever Happened to Bruce? I am not a big sports fan and am far from up to date on many current events, especially pop culture, and I often call on my kids to fill me in on things. When I was a kid I remember Bruce Jenner as a pretty major Olympic athlete who had his picture prominently posted o...

01/08/2014

220,000 Forest Acres Btwn the Twin Cities & Eau Claire, Dunn County Wi

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View Dunn County Wisconsin in a larger map 220 Thousand Forest Acres Between the Twin Cities and Eau Claire, Dunn County Wisconsin Great forest land for people who work in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St Paul) or Eau Claire and many of the people who live here have dual career families with...

01/08/2014

Are your goals SMART and Balanced?

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Goals Checkup - SMART and Balanced? Most of us should have our Goals set for 2014 by now and I am sure that all of you fine folks out in Active Rain land do, but that does not mean that we dont need to do a regular review of those goals. One of my goals for this year has been to spend at least a...

01/07/2014

A bit of humor on a brisk Wisconsin day.

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A bit of humor on a brisk Wisconsin day. As we enjoy another brisk day in the office this week with occassional rounds to the rentals to thaw out a pipe or two my wife sent me this cute little cold weather comparison. Amazingly the part attributed to Wisconsinites is not that far off on a few of ...

01/07/2014

AAA How long should a blog post be?

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How long should a blog post be? Back about a third of a century ago when I was a freshman in college I had a pretty cool English professor for English 104, so cool that I took his course again for English 105. Larry was not just a professor, he was a pretty good writer himself, and is now an ...

01/06/2014

I like a Snow Day!

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I like a Snow Day! I like a snow day especially when I am not stranded out in the woods somewhere, but even then it can be a little exciting or at least adventurous. When my wife Sally mentioned on Friday that the weather was going to get dangerously cold by Sunday and continue into mid week, I w...

01/05/2014