Tag Archives: politics

Upstate Brown and Salmon Time

Posted on November 11, 2020 by rivertoprambles

The tumultuous U.S. election events have finally been resolved, or have they? This is not the time or place for lingering on politics but I’ll say that, over all, I was pleased with the results while acknowledging that there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beautiful Like a Mayfly, brown trout, Cayuga Lake, Fall Creek, fishing, friendship, landlocked, nature, November, politics, salmon, spawn, Walt Franklin, writing | 8 Comments

Ruminations (Salmon River)

Posted on October 29, 2020 by rivertoprambles

I had sworn off October visits to the Salmon River long ago, but when a friend invites me to go fishing with him I do not decline unless I’m sick, already anchored to a schedule by divine authority, or dying. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beer, camping, Election, fishing, friendship, nature, politics, salmon, Salmon River, travel, trout, vote, wine, writing | 19 Comments

Winter Spring

Posted on February 13, 2020 by rivertoprambles

Mid-February, and I track through the snow toward a big spring in the hills. I’d follow the deer prints but it’s easier to step inside the wheel ruts of an ATV. I read new promise in the strengthening light. Grouse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aldo Leopold, community, environmental law, headwaters, nature, place, poetry, politics, preservation, prose, small streams, winter spring, writing | 22 Comments

Indian Pipe (World Among Many)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged community, destruction, environment, fishing, humor, Indian Pipe, nature, photography, poetry, politics, writing | 18 Comments

Color It Wild

Posted on October 12, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Living in a drab political climate where the powers-that-be continue to hack away at our natural world for all the usual reasons such as money and self-interest, I’m feeling the need to add some color to this life while trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beech Bottom, brook trout, Buffy Sainte-Marie, color, Columbus, environment, fishing, Hammersley, hiking, Mystic, natives, Pennsylvania, photography, poetry, politics, rainbow trout, trout streams, wild area, wilderness | 12 Comments

Winter Hike, Mt. Tom

Posted on February 7, 2017 by rivertoprambles

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birds, dissent, mountain, Mt. Tom, nature, Pennsylvania, photography, Pine Creek, politics, vistas, wild, winter hiking, writing | 20 Comments

Three Days in Shenandoah

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rivertoprambles

On the eve of Thanksgiving Day, my son gave my wife and me a walking tour of Theodore Roosevelt Island on the tidal flats of the Potomac River in Washington, D. C. That morning walk on the circuit trail culminating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, exploration, family, fly-fishing, hiking, holiday, naturalist, nature, outdoors, photography, politics, Shenandoah National Park, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Island, travel | 24 Comments

Monster Blues and Salmon, Too

Posted on November 21, 2016 by rivertoprambles

The blues I’m referring to are not a giant saltwater fish. They’re a form of musical expression that I find quite useful for moving beyond a disappointing and even frightful political season this November. In a moment or two I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Head Todd, blues, Clemens Center, Fall Creek, fly-fishing, landlocked salmon, marriage, moonrise, Mud Morganfield, music, nature, photography, politics, Ronnie Brooks, sunsets, Thanksgiving, Willie Dixon | 23 Comments

The Crossing

Posted on November 3, 2016 by rivertoprambles

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. –Thomas Paine All of the recent rain had made the anglers hopeful and raring to hit Fall Creek on a Saturday … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chicago Cubs, Dryden Hill, elections, environment, Fall Creek, fly-fishing, hiking, Ithaca Falls, landlocked salmon, nature, photography, politics, Thomas Paine | 29 Comments

Right Angle Weekend

Posted on October 12, 2016 by rivertoprambles

It was a three-day weekend with a common theme. It started on a Saturday with a visit to the upper Allegheny River. An overnight rainfall had discolored the water a bit; the forest leaves were brightening with autumn change, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, brown trout, environment, fly-fishing, Kettle Creek, nature, outdoors, photography, politics, refuge, Slate Run, travel | 16 Comments