Even a Deer Enjoys a Good Cuban Now and Then
For well over a dozen years while out cruising the internet, I've been using the same picture of a cute smiling me when I was four years old as an…
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…
The Neighborhood Crazy Old Squirrel Guy goes Fishing
There are about a dozen squirrels that hang around the neighborhood, about half a dozen of which have become trained to being fed peanuts, all the time. Every time I…
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…
Where’d the Water Go?
Because of the drought this year, the creeks around me were lower than I had ever seen them. With an afternoon off, on a whim I decided to go wander…
Was Nice out there Today
My wife and I don't sit still well. Our usual routine at the end of a day is to go for a walk at either the nearby forest preserve or…
My own version of Injun Summer
This post first went up on November 14, 2010 and was called I went for a walk along the Fox River on Sunday... It's that time of year again and…