“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying: ‘This is the way, walk ye in it.’ “       (Isaiah 30: 21)
 
We were fighting forest fire in Northern Michigan.  For three days we dug fire breaks only to have the fire sweep around us.  We [...]

 
As soon as I glimpsed the small group of whitetail deer approaching the river I beached the canoe and quietly stepped into the shallow water.  I was wearing cutoffs and an old pair of sneakers as well as my well-used camouflage gear. 
The water was cool as I moved quietly to the downstream side of [...]

Another episode in: THE FINER ART OF HOUSE KEEPING FOR DISCRIMINATING GUYS
As is usual with things of this magnitude it all started quite innocently enough.  I decided to clean the refrigerator.  Why I felt that this was necessary I can’t imagine, after all, when a thing has gone ten years without being cleaned there can’t [...]

I am somewhat remiss for having left out this portion of Killer’s tale, please forgive my remissiveness. 
We mustn’t dismiss this tragic tale of woe without regaling and beguiling you with one more of our misadventures with my faithful ‘coon hound, “Killer” otherwise, A.K.A. “Ol’ Pisser.”
Oh yes, I feel somewhat obligated to honor a fellow, or is it that, [...]

Well, as you remember, last time we had about given up on ever finding “Killer.” Dootsie Bobo and I agreed that some other unscrupulous hunter had stolen my new, “double pedigreed” ‘coon hound and we were on the way home.  We would resume the search on the next day.
The dog pee on Dootsie Bobo’s trouser [...]

I was about fifteen years old when I bought my first hunting dog.                 
 
When dealing with a veteran horse trader or a dog dealer there are certain things that you should never forget, at least if you possess half the intelligence of a retarded Monkey.  
 
I forgot that Old Ed was both a horse [...]

I am sure that by now as we have become acquainted you have noticed that I am of a somewhat sensitive nature and that I avoid disgusting like the plague but I feel obligated to warn you lest you fall into the same trap I found myself in this last week.
It all began innocently enough. [...]

For those of us that despise the taking of an animal’s life for whatever reason we must understand that to the Maasai his wealth and stature is contained in his herds of cattle.
When wild animals make depredations on those cattle it is well understood that the warrior will defend his property as you or I [...]

“All good things come to them that wait.” I waited.
Do you remember when we were kids and we would go out on a warm summer evening and catch lightning bugs?
A Mason jar full of lightning bugs could serve as a real neat makeshift lantern. Also, as I remember a forgotten jar of lightning bugs takes [...]

My desk is located exactly fifty feet above the ground next to an ancient cypress tree. It defies all logic and all natural laws as it floats there while I work.
As I sit at my desk I can look out over the surrounding swamp and up and down the river and now and then a [...]