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Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
Staircase Run
The day surely started out on a bright note– a little birding in the early morning sunshine of the yard, my small binoculars picking up a bit of the warblers waving through– Blackburnian, black-throated green, ovenbird, Louisiana water-thrush and, later, the black-throated blue warbler– … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Cedar Run, environment, fishing, fly-fishing, headwaters, hiking, nature, Pennsylvania, ravines, Slate Run, small streams, staircase, trout, wild, world view
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Roots ‘n’ Boots
For most citizens living in a modern world, to talk about the “home place” is an unfamiliar exercise. Most of us today are socially mobile and often move from place to place for economic or recreational reasons. Today, we rarely live in one … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, brook trout, Buckseller Run, cherry trees, civilization, environment, hiking, home, home place, nature, Pennsylvania, place, silence, Spring, state forest, Susquehannock, Time, wilderness, winter
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The Ragged Edge
The weather and our wishes for a small retreat from winter seemed to coincide or to conspire neatly for several days. We headed south toward Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, not far from Gettysburg, and settled at the Inn at Ragged Edge where old-timers … Continue reading
Winter Hike, Mt. Tom
Like many of us these days, I was feeling the tension that resulted from a sense that our country was bursting at the seams. I didn’t feel above the moral degradation that seemed to be plaguing the land, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, dissent, mountain, Mt. Tom, nature, Pennsylvania, photography, Pine Creek, politics, vistas, wild, winter hiking, writing
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In the Deep Woods
Pennsylvania has 88 waterways managed as “Wilderness Trout Streams.” Seven of those are located in nearby Potter County, and on Saturday I fished one of them that was on my bucket list to explore while I still had a chance to do so. … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, deep woods, dry fly, Fenwick FF60, flyfishing, freestone, magic, nature, Pennsylvania, photography, pink hats, Potter County, Squonk, wild, wilderness
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Alternative Programming
It was a pleasant January weekend. Although the air temperature on Sunday rose no higher than the freezing point, the Morning Star lent a blue dome overhead and even managed to push some brightness into the Pine Creek Gorge where my wife and I enjoyed a … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, fisher, fly-fishing, hiking, MLK(Jr.), mountain stream, nature, otter, Pennsylvania, photography, Pine Creek Gorge, poetry, The Wild Trout, Thoreau, Twin Pine Tavern, writing
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