I am a terrible gardener. The time that it takes to plan and plant a garden and then nurture the young plants to maturity by fighting the very forces of evolution (face it, the fittest plants in any garden are the weeds) is time I would rather spend fishing. Don’t get me wrong; I am […]
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You know the kind of day when everything is just right? The air is dry and clear and it’s warm, but with just enough breeze to keep it from feeling hot. The birds are trilling in the treetops and the chipmunks scamper in the leaves. Mother Nature smiles, closes her eyes and softly hums a
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Bev and I were fishing Black Moshannon Creek a few miles below the lake. The stream there is small,and flows through mature forest of oak and hemlock, the branches of which, often present a considerable obstacle when trying to cast a fly. Bev was having a bit of trouble getting her fly in just the
There are many ways to die in Yellowstone National Park. There is even a book on the subject sold in all the gift shops. Falling off of things – like cliffs (and railings put there to keep you from falling off cliffs) and into things – like boiling hot water are some of the more
When Bev and I decided to build our home in the woods, we looked forward to encountering the local wildlife on a regular basis and we have not been disappointed. Over the nine or ten years that we have lived here we have looked out our windows and seen everything from squirrels and chipmunks to
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