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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Wild (No Need For a Gun)
[Pssst…A whisper from the shadows? Yeah, I’ve got some news about a book. My first new one in about five years. From Wood Thrush Books… Beautiful Like a Mayfly can be previewed at the Amazon link under “Works” in the sidebar … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, Bob Webber, Bob Webber Trail, defense, Golden Eagle Trail, guns, hiking, humor, monarch butterflies, mountains, nature, PA trails, photography, Pine Creek, rattlesnakes, Ravenshorn, wilderness, Wolf Run Wild Area
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Toward Autumn
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness/ Close bosom friend of the maturing sun…” (John Keats) First Cast: On the Comeback Trail… The liquid light of afternoon filled the Slate Run gorge. I stood there in the much needed rainfall waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, autumn, brook trout spawning color, fly-fishing, headwaters, John Keats, nature, photography, poetry, Slate Run, trout, writing
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The Sweet Flowing Waters
[The final installment of my three-part series called “The Maine Special.” From the West Branch Penobscot and Acadia we moved on to a campsite at Rangeley Lake near the village of Rangeley, in the northwestern corner of Maine.] The Kennebago … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Best Places Flyfishing Northeast, bamboo rodmakers, brook trout, camping, Carrie Stevens, Hornberg, Kennebago, Kennebago River, landlocked salmon, Magalloway River, Maine Special, Rangeley, Rangeley Lake, Rangeley Outdoor Museum, Steep Bank Pool, Stimulator, vacation
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Acadian Reflections
Part two of a 3-part series called “The Maine Special,” in which my wife and I pretty much avoid tourists and mosquitoes in a pleasant romp through the woods and mountains of New England. We took a day trip to Acadia … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadia Nat'l Park, Anemone Cave, Arcadia, Atlantic Ocean, camping, Dorr Mountain, Maine, Maine Special, nature, Otter Point, poetry, reflections, vacation, walt franklin poetry
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Rivertop Rambles 