Last week Donna Rai and I traveled to Halifax, PA (north of Harrisburg), to attend the annual Ned Smith Outdoor Art and Nature Show. I was scheduled as an event speaker and also had a booth reserved to sell … Continue reading
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Billy and I put our canoe in just before 7 a.m. at the Kidd’s Mill covered bridge in Reynolds and paddled downstream. It was our first time on this section of river, although we had talked about the trip for … Continue reading
Earlier this month Brad Isles and I attended the annual spring awards conference of the PA Outdoor Writers Association in Oil City, and it was a busy affair. We both participated in board meetings and membership gatherings, since we’re … Continue reading
I visited Shenango Reservoir last Wednesday with my friend, the waterfowl artist Vince Pagliaroli. It was a cool, sunny day in early March, the kind of prespring afternoon that lures folks out of their dark winter lairs, even if it’s … Continue reading
It was 6:30 a.m. on Dec.1, and I sat quietly in the darkness on my large sandstone boulder a mile and a half deep in the forest and 800 yards up the steep snowy slope above the fire trail that … Continue reading
Finally! After three and a half years of writing and revising and painstaking work with designers, editors, and printers, my new book is out this week. The title is The F-Troop Camp Chronicles (A Life in the Pennsylvania Outdoors), … Continue reading
I’ve been very luck with my fishing adventures this year — with crappies, largemouths, smallmouths and trout — but my best catch and most interesting bite just occurred last Saturday up at camp. I held no great hopes for success … Continue reading
Earlier this month I attended the fall conference of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association in Carlisle, PA, along with fellow writer and organization member Brad Isles. We drove in on a Friday afternoon, and, as soon as we arrived, … Continue reading
Good fishing was the theme of our seventh Fireside Philosophers event, which brings several outdoor writers together every year for a weekend of Warren County adventures. On Friday Gregg Rinkus and I traveled into the Allegheny National Forest to … Continue reading
As Todd and I pushed our canoe into the river, we saw how heavily-laden it was. Dome tents, sleeping bags, a cooler full of food and drinks and bundles of clothing and gear filled up the wide-hulled 14-foot watercraft, along … Continue reading