Merry Christmas, Norm
This Christmas morn, the mother-in-law is off at a nursing home recuperating, the wife is still fast asleep. The dogs have all been let out and no longer pacing and…
Ice, Ice Baby
Based on memory, which is probably not the most reliable way to do things, this may be one of the mildest Decembers in a long time. We had a few…
Maybe I’ll get some Sleep Tonight
You wouldn't think that such a simple thing as the world tilting on it's axis, stopping, then going back the other direction would cause such problems for my sleep patterns.…
Golden Eagle flew over my house, December 11, 2011
That was the name of a post put on Facebook the other day by Larry Granat. Almost two years ago I was out cruising along the Fox River on a…
Fishing Reports for the Refined
Over the past 15 years I've got to know some of the best anglers that fish the rivers and streams, the lakes and ponds in the Greater Chicagoland Area. From…
Was a Perfect Day for a Squirrel Hunt
There was a sky blue sky. Virtually no wind. No leaves on the trees. The woods on the edges of my neighborhood, just a hundred feet or so away, were…
The Last of the Turkey, for now…
I have one last bag full of turkey parts, just the meat to be exact. Just the dark meat to narrow it down even more. No matter how it's injected,…
Thanksgiving Weekend in Missouri
Spent the long Thanksgiving weekend at my father-in-laws house 20 miles east of Branson Missouri. That's the same as saying out in the middle of nowhere. I had planned on…
How to Fish… (A Work in Progress)
The purpose of this post is twofold: 1. I'm hoping fishing noobs stop by, click on a link they're interested in and learn everything they need to know to fish…