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Tag Archives: Zen
I Love/Hate Investigations
I love investigations, especially when they involve fish, birds, and wildflowers. Investigations involving politics, economics, or health– not so much. Returning to familiar Pennsylvania headwaters for a second consecutive weekend, I began to ponder the presence of brown trout in … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Allegheny, environment, First Mind, fishing, fracking, hatcheries, investigations, nature, Pennsylvania, Seneca Nation, waste treatment plant, wild, Wind in Willows, writing, Zen
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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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Zen and the Art of New Year’s Fishing
“It’s not a day for bamboo,” said Tim, as we loaded up our gear and shoved the graphite fly rods into the vehicle’s trunk. We were continuing our crazed tradition of fly-fishing on New Year’s Day, despite a forecast of … Continue reading
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Tagged bluebirds, enlightenment, Finger Lakes fishing, Holiday traditions, Jethro Tull, nature, New Year's Day, Seneca Lake, wineries, Zen
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Rivertop Rambles 