Red Maple

 

Limberlost

 

The real Limberlost Trail is in Indiana. But while researching the term, I came across this story in Wikipedia:

According to the History of Jay County by M.W. Montgomery, published in 1864, the name Limberlost came from the following event:

A man named James Miller, while hunting along the banks of the swamp, became lost. After various fruitless efforts to find his way home, in which he would always come around to the place of starting, he determined to go in a straight course, and so, every few rods he would blaze a tree. While doing this, he was found by friends. Being an agile man, he was known as 'limber Jim,' and, after this, the stream was called 'Limberlost.'

The Indiana State Museum contends, "The swamp received its name from the fate of 'Limber Jim' Corbus, who went hunting in the swamp and never returned. When the locals asked where Jim Corbus was, the familiar cry was 'Limber's lost!'"

Spies

 

I've been into spies for some reason lately. One thing I've learned from this is that the Russians have been in the game for a lot longer than either the United States or Britain. I've also begun to better appreciate why Western democracies are so much more vulnerable than their authoritarian counterparts . . .

Autumn Stroll

 

 

 

It's beginning to look and feel much more like fall.