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Category Archives: General
Ornery Beyond Common Civility…
The last month or so has been really busy, beyond belief, really. Between the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association’s Spring National Shoot, covering several Michigan black powder shooting events, including the Old Northwest Primitive Rendezvous, and trying to deal with … Continue reading
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“It is a Good Morning…”
Campfire smoke mingled with a thick, soupy fog. A yellowy-orange light lurked behind a silhouetted eastern tree line. Calm, humid air carried the scent of smoldering oak, damp canvas and a faint whiff of backcountry bacon. Dew droplets splashed as … Continue reading
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Waiting on the Next Trade Blanket
“Scu-reeeeee…Scu-reeeeee,” a red-tailed hawk cried as it banked its wings and drifted south over the River Raisin’s bottomland. A blue-wool-clad leg stepped over a rotted oak trunk. Two fox squirrels chased their way off the ridge crest, spewing dry leaves … Continue reading
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A Special Thank You
About this time each year I receive a “Year End Stats” report from WordPress. The information is basic, nothing flashy or worthy of fanfare. “Unique views,” a common measurement of a site’s activity, are up over 30 percent for the … Continue reading
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The American Rogues at the Big Mitten Fair
As of last evening, “The American Rogues” are scheduled to perform today, Friday September 4th, at the inaugural “Big Mitten Fair,” at 3 pm in the “children’s” area and again at 5 pm in the open-air gazebo/pergola on the southwest … Continue reading
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A Witness to History
Elk moccasins left shallow prints in the sandy soil. Beyond the once majestic oak’s spear-like stump, a long-bearded tom turkey watched three hens peck their way to the east. The farthest hen perked up first, then the other two and … Continue reading
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A Necessary Clash of Centuries
Moccasins traversed that path before, hundreds, nay, thousands of times. Down the hill, across the isthmus, around the knoll, beside the sink hole and up the rise is a course followed without much conscious thought. Leather hunting boots made that … Continue reading
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A New Aging Page
This week’s post “grew legs,” as I sometimes say. The journal entry recounts a lost blue bead from a leggin garter that came to rest in a cupped oak leaf in the middle of a December deer hunt. There is … Continue reading
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