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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Wild Turkey Bowl
It’s possible that we conjure more descriptive words about the wild turkey than any other bird that I can think of. Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be America’s national bird, preferring it over the bald eagle, as one that’s … Continue reading
The Incomplete Anglers
I remember getting to the river just as Tom V. tossed his tackle and waders into a truck. I hadn’t seen Tom in years, so was eager to catch up on the news. We’d attended university classes together, prepping for … Continue reading
Red Fox, Hemlock Woods, and Me
Sitting at my desk I heard the screeching sounds that came from either the front yard or the woods beyond. Since the air temp had risen into the 20s overnight, I thought raccoons had come out of their dens to … Continue reading
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Tagged fox behavior, fox chase, fox vocals, hemlocks, John Muir, red fox, threads in the fabric, what the fox says, winter walks, winter wildlife
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Genesee Trailwalker, Part 3
All three parts of this series were written and published on Rivertop Rambles around the 20th of January each of three consecutive years. I don’t know what this proves, other than the fact that I’m another creature of habit. I … Continue reading
The Postcard
The other day I got a postcard from the Slate Run Sportsmen (SRS) headquarters in Pennsylvania. The photo on its front was taken when I fished the whole length of Slate Run in 2011/2012. A year later I was asked … Continue reading
The Final Word (A Recollection)
Every once in a while I’ll think about an incident that happened long ago when we first moved into Rivertop country. By choice, our new home was a place of relative isolation with a willful exclusion of major media sources. … Continue reading
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Tagged country narratives, Down syndrome, home place, Life, madness, Robert Frost, sense of place, social media, WW3
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For the Wild
Wildness is the part of nature that is simultaneously outside of our collective skins and at the very core of us. I like to speak for wildness because, in my opinion, it’s not only an essential condition for healthy life … Continue reading
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Tagged man-in-nature, modern man, speaking for the wild, wild nature writing, wilderness, wildness
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Knuckleheads for Steelhead
Fly-fishing on New Year’s Day is something of a minor tradition here in upstate New York. A friend, Tim Didas, and I were about to give it another go despite the wind and snow and 16 degrees of Fahrenheit temperature. … Continue reading
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