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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Gone Feral
The joy of a holiday gathering for our family was clouded by the rapidly fading health of a long-time pet. Alfalfa, a loveable old housecat that resided at the Franklin residence for a dozen years, succumbed to an illness that … Continue reading
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Tagged animal tracks, bobcat, cycles, family, fishing, house cats, nature, pets, poetry, traditions, wild, winter, winter holidays, writing
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Old Woodenhead’s Wish
[In this rapidly changing world of ours, I’m glad that some things are relatively stable and unchanging. For example, it’s December and the winter snow and ice are here again, and Old Woodenhead (my alter-ego of December’s Holi-Daze) has made … Continue reading
A Tenkara Treatise (or Something Like It)
[Many readers of Rivertop Rambles will recognize the name, Bob Stanton. Bob has been a follower and supporter of this blog from its early years on down to the present. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him, first on RR … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegheny River, Bob Stanton, brook trout, environment, fishing, fly-fishing, hiking, history, nature, tenkara, tenkara rods, traditions
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