This has been a very odd winter, although as I write, the gusting winds and plummeting air temperatures suggest that we may yet see real winter. My ice fishing article is now published in the January 2012 issue of ODU Magazine. I’m on pages 36-38 of this 74-page magazine. Does that make me a centerfold? [...]
I’m looking forward to the publication of my ice fishing article. Meanwhile the editor of Outdoor Unlimited Magazine (ODU) has added my bio. Reading that bio reminds me of some of what I have done in my life. With all I am now doing and the new information available to me, I have to set [...]
Nature’s multi-shaded red and gold rock sculptures appear to rise into the sky. My first visit to the Valley of Fire northeast of Las Vegas left me in awe of these sandstone formations that are over 150-180 million-year-old. I cannot imagine 150 million of anything, let alone years. I would later learn that their red color [...]
As summer ends, my feelings are mixed. I miss the long days and freedom from wearing multiple layers when I hike. I won’t miss the mosquitoes or biting flies. The first hints of color on the maple trees tells me leaf season is on its way. The autumn colors always fill me with awe and [...]
One week after Hurricane Irene, remnants of Hurricane Lee dumped heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning over our hardest-hit areas. It made a spectacular nighttime show. Unfortunately the flooding closed not only roads, but even public buildings. I’m struck by two impressions as I meditate on Nature’s fury. One is my frustration at our [...]
The weather is perfect. Everywhere I step there’s a profusion of black trumpet mushrooms (Craterellus fallax). I carry a camp stove, cookware, my own dehydrated and foraged food – and Larabars, but nothing like butter or olive oil.
So I crushed a number of shagbark hickory nuts and the oils blended beautifully with the smoky flavor of the black trumpet.
I decided to greet the day by maximizing my last opportunity to snowshoe in snow the texture of sorbet, before the rain washes it all away. There’s lots of wildlife activity in the woods behind my current home. The most interesting tracks were the elusive red fox, who mostly walked in the existing snowshoe tracks. [...]
Idiots with guns give hunters a bad name and they put others at risk.
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