A Drive Down Memory Lane
The first week of September I purposely decided to take myself out of the loop. I let my writing drop off. I decided for the rest of the year I…
Funny How? Funny Like a Clown?
Well, I thought it was a little amusing anyway. No, not the picture. Nine months out of the year my car has everything in it that I could possibly need…
Up a Creek, Again
The plan for the day was to go out to Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area to do some squirrel hunting. Only I had forgot that it was closed on…
I’m just about out of Words
That happens whenever I have to concentrate on finding work in a job market that chooses to ignore men over 50. Plenty of minimum wage offerings out there, up to…
On the Air with Dale Bowman and Joel Greenberg
Chicago Sun Times outdoor columnist Dale Bowman and his naturalist/author friend Joel Greenberg put on one of the best outdoor radio shows in the Chicago area, Outside with Dale Bowman…
The end of summer and the Autumnal Equinox, it’s time to get out.
No, I'm not going to write much about either of those, I think, other than the Autumnal Equinox happened on Friday, September 23rd. I guess this is more of a…
Fish the Fox, it’s what I do.
And for the past 3 days I've been doing it fairly well. Clients continue to blow deadlines, which leaves me with nothing to do. That's a good thing. This time…
A Rare Morning of Fishing
There's a good chance that on any given day at four in the morning, I'm awake. This started when I was a kid and around 5 decades later, I don't…
At Least the Riverbanks are Cleaner
Was out Saturday morning on the Fox River and fished for about 4 hours. Saw one other angler in those few hours and he was on the other side of…