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Tag Archives: humor
Strange Fruit and Other Start-Ups
1. I had a couple of non-related flashbacks to the late 1980s. In the first one I recalled a winter night, trundling off to a movie at Alfred U., in which our four-month-old son experienced his first theater production. Woody … Continue reading
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Tagged Bananas, family, flashbacks, hiking, history, humor, literature, Lyman Run, nature, Slate Run, trout, Woody Allen, writing
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Indian Pipe (World Among Many)
With roots set deep, with leaves translucent, the plant’s waxy fingers pull death from the ground. The Corpse Plant, epiparasitic, is a smoky spirit of the dark woods, of fecund banks near rotting beech or pine trees, nodding its head … Continue reading
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Tagged community, destruction, environment, fishing, humor, Indian Pipe, nature, photography, poetry, politics, writing
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Aftermath (There’s Something Funny Going On)
(1) There’s something funny going on around here, something that will probably have a happy ending once the dust has settled. For example, the guys who have gutted our old kitchen and completely renovated the beast are likely to receive … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, beavers, birthdays, energy, humor, kitchen, nature, Niagara Falls, photography, poetry, science, something funny, storms, tornado, twister
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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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The Slate Run Trout and Senior Citizen Update
I’ve never been good at remembering people’s names, and it doesn’t get any easier with age and experience. Allow me to explain. The weather forecast for Slate Run, Pennsylvania wasn’t looking good: a high of 87 degrees, with drenching humidity … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, fly-fishing, Harry Nilsson, humor, jokes, Joy, names, nature, old guys, Rose, senior citizens, Slate Run, wild trout
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Pillow Cases (Kid You Not)
[What’s goin’ on here, anyway? Have the “shack nasties” settled in so badly that Old Man Winter just rambles around the place while looking for the Exit sign and forcing me to write stuff like… well, you’ll see. I mean, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, counselor, fiction, ghost, humor, memos, Michael Hurley, non-fiction, pillow case, plantation, school, shack nasties, Slagbrain, teacher, Twilight Zone, warp, Zen
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Ridgerunner (Wiscoy Creek)
Wiscoy Creek, in Wyoming County, western New York, is one of my favorite trout streams in the state, even though it’s well north of my favored hill country. There’s a lot of public water to be fished on this 20-mile … Continue reading
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Tagged Bliss, dry flies, fly-fishing, folk art, folktales, humor, James Glimm, Pine Creek, ridgerunner, trout decoy, trout tales, wild trout, Wiscoy Creek
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