It was a bitterly cold, overcast winter day when I set out from our cabin located below Oswego Illinois on one of the many islands on the Fox River to check my traps.
Walking cautiously on the new ice I followed my trap line chopping out and retrieving those traps that had frozen into the ice.
I [...]

I don’t remember what color the dog was or its breed, or even its precise size. What I do seem to remember is that it was a boy dog and I will not go into details as to how I arrived at that conclusion.
Yes, size, color, breed, all seem to blur in that Cro-Magnon era [...]

Hey, all of you trash talkers out there! This is the River Rat here and you’re going to love this.
Recently I was back in the woods scouting wild animal trails for places to set up camera blinds when lo and behold there in front of me was the sign of the greater trasher, or, Trashus [...]

People are interesting, not always nice but certainly interesting.
I was in the grocery store the other day and in somewhat of a hurry. Inadvertently I cut in front of a lady as I was walking down one of the isles.
Realizing what I had done, I stopped, went back and apologized. “I’m sorry for cutting in [...]

We have all heard the term, “On a Whim” but just what is a “whim”? I mean, if you are ‘on’ the whim does that mean it is something to sit on, or possibly ride?
I have been accused of doing things, “on a whim” quite a few times in my life and I must protest, [...]

When are we going to learn?
It seems that bears are more intelligent than humans and they are paying the ultimate price! Bears are opportunistic feeders. That simply means that they go where the food is and when they find food at one location they are smart enough to return the next time they are in [...]

TRASHUS IDIOTICUS DOMESTICUS
By
Charles Towne
I don’t know if you have noticed it or not but some folks don’t have the good sense God gave a goofy gopher!
Man, I love this grand country of ours. It is “Land of the free and the home of the brave” and quite obviously the natural habitat of what I refer [...]