Even Zombies Get the Fishing Blues
My daughter and I have a running joke about Zombies and the coming Zombie Apocalypse. So I shouldn't have been surprised when she gave me a Christmas gift. A calendar.…
Possum, It’s What’s for Dinner
Took a drive along a little used creek road today and while rounding a bend, spotted a hawk chowing down on a possum. Even on a little used road, sitting…
And That’s Why I Fish
We fishermen, I think, are lucky. Our sport can take us back to the fundamentals, back to the shallow waters where we first wet our feet, back even to those…
What Doesn’t Kill Ya…
For the past couple of weeks, my back has been twinging. On a pain scale of 1 to 10, it's always at a number five, something I've got used to…
Strolling and Fishing
I guess it could be considered a hike since it's over a half mile of walking through this. And this is the easy part. For now, I have it all…
A Walk in the Neighborhood
Living on the edge of town, on the edge of civilization by Chicago standards, I usually hop in the car and drive for 10 or so minutes to the west…
Gone Huntin’
"What are you doing?" Well, I was thinking that over the last 10 years I've got out duck and goose hunting one time. I used to like hunting for ducks…
My Favorite Spammer
My spam filter does a very good job of weeding out the nonsense. Every day I go into my dashboard and have to delete between 50 and 100 spam comments.…
Another Day, Another Sunset
Five miles west of me, a state park. To get there, a two lane road. A couple of small subdivisions on my right, surrounded by farms and fields. Pretty much…