I learned a new word the other day referring to the desire of hardcore deer hunters to be in their stand as the fall breeding season heats up.
Apparently, a “rutcation” is when you set aside...
As we stood atop the bluff some 460 feet above the river, I was struck by the breathtaking vista before us.
A few weeks ago, my wife Sherry and I hiked to the top of Brady’s Bluff in Perrot State...
Halloween is the season for ghost stories and hauntings, but are there even bigger creatures that go bump in the night?
Many people consider the legendary creature Bigfoot — also called Sasquatch...
It’s harvest time in the country, with farmers busy in the fields at all hours of the day collecting the annual crops.
The warm and dry fall has created ideal harvest conditions so far across...
Fall is the time of year when we enjoy the different trees and the range of colors they display as the leaves start to change.
Maples, birch, elm, ash, hickory, walnut, poplar and oaks account for...
Memories are strange things at times because you never know what triggers recollections from the aging gray matter.
It’s been years — decades, really — since I thought of the times on the...
And suddenly, summer is over.
The astronomical beginning of fall will be at 2:21 p.m. Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, Sept. 22, when the sun crosses the equator and we have equal amounts of...
Do teachers still require students coming back to school to write about what they did on their summer vacation?
It’s been decades since I’ve had to complete that assignment, but having recently...
Bit by bit, the smaller homestead farms disappear a little more each year as houses and buildings are torn down or left to decay.
But if you look closely while driving through farm country you can...
