To replenish my freezer with a yearly supply of non-processed, clean, organic meat, I choose to hunt for it. You either have to do it yourself or have someone do it for you, but in the end, if you eat holistic meat or any meat, the animal dies for your appetite. Most folks eat theirContinue reading “A Morning In The Woods”
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Once Upon a Lake
Our cabin near Pardeeville, WI has forever been a sanctuary. Sixty acres hugging half of Columbia County’s Crystal Lake shoreline. Town folk have two additional names for the thirty-two-acre jewel, ‘One a Day Lake’ (coined for the difficulty of catching a legal bass [14 inches]) and ‘Abell Lake’ (The property owned and shared by ourContinue reading “Once Upon a Lake”
Tumbleweeds
Visiting my sons and their significants by automobile requires a thousand-mile journey either east or west from Wisco to North Carolina or Colorado. We drive because we usually stay for a month or so. Plus, flying is a grind and we can take all the stuff we need and more. Recently, our journey west includedContinue reading “Tumbleweeds”
The Mist
At the first glow of dawn, I push away from the pier. I can taste the thick fog nestled on the lake like whipped cream on a piece of pie. I push the oars across the windless mirror. Bullrushes raise from the water like the whiskers of a cat. As I pass through them, theyContinue reading “The Mist”