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Tag Archives: poetry
First Cast Similes
After my first day of volunteer work with the New York DEC Region 9 small stream electro-survey crew, I found that my long-awaited fly rod had arrived. The rod is a small bamboo, a 6’6″ 3-weight custom built by Mike … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo fly rod, Bob Dylan, Cane and Silk, didymo, environment, first cast, Little Gem, nature, night fishing, photography, poetry, similes, small streams, songbirds, West Branch Delaware, writing
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The Don’t Hurry Isle
I’m pretending that I’m there right now. With a cup of morning coffee at my side, with brain and keyboard fingers operating with reptilian slowness, I imagine just relaxing on a tiny tropical island. What does it matter that a classic Nor’easter whitens … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean Scrambles, Don't Hurry, imagination, Innisfree, islands, Nor'easter, peace, photography, poetry, St. Pat's, travel, Virgin Islands, W. B. Yeats, writing
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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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A Week on the Autumn Road
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Tagged autumn, changes, fishing, gentian, nature, outdoors, peace, photogr, photography, poetry, travel, trout, witch-hazel
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Mapping It
Oh, the fishing has been slow to non-existent due to the continued drought conditions here, but I’ve been busy writing, working and otherwise driving down the roadways mapped inside my muddled brain. I was pleasantly surprised by a blogging pal … Continue reading
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Tagged death, earthstars, fly-fishing, Infinity Burial Suit, mapping, nature, outdoors, photography, poetry, preservation, Slate Run, Slate Run map, wildness
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September Quickenings
The road dead-ended at the state forest lands in Potter County. I knew that the trout streams would be low but, given the sudden coolness in air temperature, I figured that the water temps would be cooler also, and safe … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, environment, fly-fishing, native, nature, outdoors, photography, poetry, quickenings, Rio Grande King, small streams, weather, wild
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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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Trout Lives Matter
So the carp, posed briefly by the riverside before its release, said to me, and I quote: “So trout lives matter to you, as lives of all scales and colors matter to you, and that’s why you chose to fish … Continue reading
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Tagged American rivers, carp, drought, environment, fishing, global warming, matter, nature, photography, place, poetry, politics, survival, trout
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