Be on the lookout for the upcoming December issue of Pennsylvania Game News for a deer-hunting article I wrote for the magazine. The title is “Opening Day in the Big Woods,” and it’s a story of the classic opening … Continue reading
What’s new is we’re finally getting some cooler seasonal weather lately after a September and half-October of August-like heat and dusty desert drought. It will be a lot more comfortable now to get out into the woods and enjoy … Continue reading
It’s my birthday, and Donna Rai’ and I will celebrate tomorrow with a hiking excursion down at McConnell’s Mill, one of the most remarkable natural settings in western Pennsylvania. I’m looking forward to a challenging side-hill hike from the … Continue reading
What’s new is we’re sprucing up Camp F-Troop. The boys and I go up there a lot, and we always do dishes, haul garbage, pick up around camp, and vacuum the floors before we leave, but we don’t do … Continue reading
It’s mid-July, and the weather is hot, hot, hot and dry, dry, dry. We’ve had so little rain the past month that the small wild trout streams in Warren County that I love so much are dangerously low, putting … Continue reading
The big news lately is that we sold my little brick cottage in the woods, the one I lived in alone before Donna Rai’ and I moved to Sharon, in one day, a remarkable feat since real estate in … Continue reading