Style Scholar: Happy Camper

Happy Camper

Cabin getaways are the grown-up version of summer camp, but better – you can drink and sleep in with impunity. Louise Erdrich’s Jacklight, filled with poems about alliances between nature and humankind, is the perfect volume for such woodsy sojourns. Add these cabin-ready threads and nostalgic sundries to your pack, claim the top bunk and don’t forget to write to mom.

 

Jacklight,
by Louise Erdrich,
Flamingo, 1996

Find similar editions at Open Books (2414 N. 45th St.)

 

“We are alone here
on earth / ... coming and going in the old wool blankets.”

Lakota Way of Life wool blanket, $198, Pendleton (1313 4th Ave.)

 

“I must have silence ...
For I am the King of Owls. / Where I float no
shadow falls.”

Original Tree Swing by
Classic Wood Toys, $40, Clover
(5335 Ballard Ave. NW)

 

 

“Fiddles reel in the phonograph”

The Bluegrass Hall of Fame, Starday Records, about $8, Sonic Boom Records (1525 Melrose Ave.)

 

“He could lift a
grown man by the belt with his teeth / ... press a whole hog.”

Uncured bacon, prices vary,
A & J Meats & Seafood Inc.
(2401 Queen Anne Ave. N.)

 

 

 

“It is like she has burned right through time, / the brand, the mark, owning the woman who bears it.”

Hand-beaded necklace by Dean Brenegan, $30, Sugartown Vintage (2421 NW Market St.)

 

 

“The sun goes down
for hours ... ”

Merc “Harrington” reversible jacket, $108, Kuhlman (2419 1st Ave.)

 

 

“ ... start knocking the
Blue Ribbons down.”

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, about $6, Central Market (15505 Westminster Way N., Shoreline)

 

 

 

“I sit where the moon rides up, / swollen and tender.”

Gentle Fawn “Palace” nightdress, $87, Evo (122 NW 36th St.)

 

“ ... presenting the game of cards / in which the state of the world is excellent described / and figured.”

MKühn Keramik gold ceramic playing cards, $55, Far 4 (1020 1st Ave.)