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 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 [...]

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 [...]

My occupation as a small boy and eventually a zoo director and my more recent relationship with bears has given opportunity for many encounters with interesting denizens, both animal, human and otherwise.
Recently I had the opportunity to provide the black bear footage for a T.V. series featuring the wild places of central Florida. While questioning [...]

Last week after several years with Sprint I switched over to the communication experts at Embarq. They gave me a new cell phone and guess what, it’s blue tooth enabled so I returned to the Embarq store in Apopka and picked up the earpiece.
Now I don’t claim to be a techy like some of you [...]

The years pass and little boys are slowly transformed into big boys. As the saying goes, “Only the toys change.”
In my case the toys didn’t change they just became louder.
I feel sorry for kids today. No excitement.
When I was a kid we had cherry bombs and M-80,s oh how sweet the sound.
(Perhaps that is one [...]

“What’s a bog?” asked Pooh. “If your ankles get wet, that’s a bog.” said Eeyore. “I see”, said Pooh. “Whereas,” continued Eeyore, “if you sink in up to your neck, that’s a swamp.”
As we gaze in awe at the natural beauty surrounding us we are unaware of the fact that we are being watched. The [...]