I have been Heavenly blessed to live through as many adventures as I have. I’ll be posting several “Memories” on my blog. I have included many fishing and travel adventures in my books that are on my web site. One of these days, I’m going to finish my hunting adventure Read more…
(I write this while sitting in my improvised ground blind opening morning) Black powder deer season opened in Arkansas recently. Opening morning, I crawled out of my tee pee at 5:15 and fired up my small propane stove and placed my percolator on the center. It begins perking in about Read more…
It was going to be a great vacation. The clean white beaches of south Alabama. It was the first time we were going off together since our youngest daughter Mikayla was born. She was five. Amanda was the oldest at fourteen. I was forty-four and my wife was, uh, well Read more…
There is an old story of a father teaching his son a lesson about life. The story takes place back in the 1950s. There was a creek near their home, and it was the son’s custom to go fishing with his buddies every Saturday during the spring. They would grab Read more…
I may get the Blues pretty soon. I’m hearing a lot of stuff on the news that is scaring me. When they start talking ‘bout fishing and bacon, my listening skills go to “defense readiness condition” 3! (DEFCON 3 for those of you west of Martindale.) If someone that don’t Read more…
A couple of months ago I wrote about the Rambo knife I kept finding on my porch around Christmas. It was a token from a friend of mine to remind me of how many times I have been turned around. He was just exaggerating. I’ve only been turned around, upside Read more…
If you have read my book that is full of fishing adventures, you may remember that I have fallen from a boat eleven times. (He said 11!) I enjoy going overboard so much, that I have invited others. Back in the mid-70s, this old boy I know, and I were Read more…
Yesterday was Valentines day, and also Mikayla’s and Lillie’s birthdays (The girls from McHenry Creek). Now it’s a whole ‘nother day. So, let’s talk trains. I love trains. I have sat in parking lots during lunch time and watched trains pass by. I look for HAZMAT placards just to see Read more…
The definition of emergency is relevant to what is happening in your life right now. If you are driving and someone runs you off the road and into a lake, that’s an emergency based on “Now”. Matter of fact, I think I read about such an emergency this week from Read more…
If you read my fishing book, you will remember that I have fallen from a boat many times. (11 to be exact.) Some folks believe that is nothing to brag about. I believe they are wrong. They’re just jealous of me having too much fun while they live boring lives. Read more…