The Evolution of a Picture
The other day I was out in the woods pretending I was hunting for squirrels. The squirrels weren't cooperating so it turned into a long walk, which is what was…
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.…
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…
I Would Never do this to an Animal I Killed
Over the last few days I've tried to write this up twice. Each time I gave up. I was trying to be too insightful on an issue, on something I…
Really, cat?
This cat has been my buddy since he came with the package deal of my wife. Three dogs came with the deal too, but I don't care about them. This…
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…
The Struggle with Words
The use of words has always confounded me. I remember English classes where the definitions of terms like verb, adverb, adjective, noun, pronoun and my favorite, the dangling participle, were…