The sound of the truck tires hitting the gravel and leaving the pavement mark my arrival at the aspen cut, and I slow the Chevy down to survey the cover. Golden yellow aspen mixed with edges of dark green conifers, with a brown tannin-stained creek cutting through the middle of a swamp, provide the edges … Continue reading A Dogless Autumn
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The Bitter Cold
Again, here is another fictional bowhunting tale that I wrote many years ago. I wrote it when I was still in my twenties. Needless to say growing old means something totally different to me now in my early fifties, than it did back then. However, I think the younger me had a good grasp on … Continue reading The Bitter Cold
Jacob
Author's Note...The following story was written what seems like many, many years ago. It is still one of my favorite pieces, if I do say so myself, and holds a special place in my heart. Not only is it about a subject near and dear to my heart, but it was also the story that … Continue reading Jacob
That Damn Hat
This fictional story was originally posted on one of my previous blogs, in September of 2012. I enjoyed writing it and therefore wanted to share it here. I hope you enjoy it as well. The elderly lady stepped up to the coffin and lovingly looked at the shell that was once her husband. She knew that … Continue reading That Damn Hat



