Now that major feasting has morphed into refrigerator raids on leftover stashes left unguarded and not frozen into future homemade TV dinners, it’s time to… Continue reading
If you take a quick peek around the corner of tomorrow, you will see Halloween lurking there. It used to be a time where diminutive… Continue reading
A few weeks ago, my bride picked up a chest cold that was so nasty her coughs and sneezes began to register on seismic meters… Continue reading
Well, Mother Nature certainly has been bouncing through a few schizoid moods lately. One week she came in styling, all gussied up in a fleecy-clouds… Continue reading
My wife and I never travel on Memorial Day weekend for three reasons. The first being that we would be heading into a mass of… Continue reading
I’m starting to think that spring may be finally getting off its ample duff to roll up its sleeves and warm things up around here.… Continue reading
I have recently rebooted my attempt to meditate and have achieved a personal level of bliss of just under thirty seconds before something goes sideways… Continue reading
It has taken a few weeks but I can finally walk a few steps without falling asleep while crossing the front room. This newly acquired… Continue reading
So, there I was all kicked back in my recliner surfing the aging buffet of recycled movies on HBO wondering if it was worth keeping… Continue reading
An old buddy contacted me just after the first of the year and I was a bit stunned because I haven’t heard from him since… Continue reading
Dear St. Nicholas, I’m certain that you are going to look at the return address before opening this letter and experience immediate blood pressure issues.… Continue reading
What is it about turkeys that cause so much chaos around the holidays? Some people go ape trying to figure out the perfect way to… Continue reading
There is something seriously askew in our little piece of paradise when it comes to the bird population hanging in the ‘hood this time of… Continue reading
Last Sunday morning while I was deeply engrossed in a Don Wilson’s novel called “The Cartel,” my bride suddenly burst through the front door and… Continue reading
I can’t recall exactly how many times through the years I’ve been asked, “What the #*%^ is so addicting about fishing? You’re always up before… Continue reading
When the fish are running, I have two friends who come close to losing their collective minds. Turk’s a river runner while Willie is a… Continue reading
The cabin was steeped in an early morn nippiness spawned by a canopy of dank clouds weeping tiresome showers when our dog Howard decided to… Continue reading
Just beyond our cabin’s door the sun is strong-arming its way through a feathery overcast while the bay below does its quintessential best to masquerade… Continue reading
By the time you read this, the 25th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival will be winding down. Over the weekend, birders have been in hot… Continue reading
After several weeks of intense sunshine showering the landscape with rays of cold so intense that the official arrival of spring felt more like stepping… Continue reading