Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Once again, we’ve been brought face to face with the specter of an evil man taking the lives of a large number. 49 at present count, of our fellow human beings and fellow United States citizens. Once again, we’re faced with the harsh reality of evil or misguided...
Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized |
It’s another rainy morning here at my cabin in Southeast Alaska. The boat motors are still in the shop; the salmon aren’t yet in the rivers; deer season is still two months away, so I’m sitting upstairs at my computer, looking out over my small acreage of young...
Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Thorne Bay, Alaska. Home, finally, once more. Or as much as that is possible, in this world. In the words of that favorite old gospel song of mine, this world is not my home, I’m just a passing through. My treasures are laid up, somewhere beyond the blue. The...
Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Day 13: We slept in. The thermostat said 35-degrees in the cargo trailer and 33-degrees in the tent. Burrrrrrrr! At 6am, our neighbor Mr. Hoot Owl was hooting up a storm. By 7am, the camp robbers (the jays we had been feeding for two weeks) were dancing all around the...
Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Day 12: Our last great hunt of the season. We know where they are but nobody will go in with us. The area is huge. Gary knows the area but one of the courses we need to take is “uncharted territory” as he stated. We told a few of the other hunters what our...
Oct 22, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Day 11: Really cold night last night. Woke up to 37°. By dawn it dropped to 34°. The frost on the ground is thick. It’s so cold that the steel of my rifle is like ice on my fingers. I dropped Gary off on an old road parallel to the areas we are hunting. The last...
