It is an unfortunate reality that some small portion of big game animals shot at and hit will never be recovered. Our hope and consolation is that many of the lesser injuries are not life-threatening. We have all seen 3-legged deer that recovered from grievous car impacts, flesh tears from…

I was driving through a vast Louisiana lowland of twisted bottomland oaks, hickories and maples. I knewthat, absent flood controls, the Mississippi River should have six feet of silt-laden water above my head right here. The gray stands of dismal hardwoods stood mute in the leaden sky, monochromatic and ghostly…

U. S. Marines World War II

Durian. The Holy Grail of difficult fruits. A large, spiky, rarely found tropical fruit that grows half way around the earth from my Canadian home. Expensive, rarely imported, and problematic to process. But all of these qualities so endearing to consumers pale in comparison to the greatest hurdle of all…

I was skeptical from the start. I believed that hunting and killing a rabbit with a longbow and a wooden arrow was possible, but sure seemed unlikely. However, I could never pass up a chance to spend a bright winter day with two good friends and their 4-legged, Purina-fed family…

Think of your favorite April Fools joke (AFJ). Why was it so delicious? What makes an elegant AFJ work? Maybe it’s because most people are caught up short by a surprise resulting from their own calendar ignorance, and some of the laugher is nervousness at their own oversight. My father…

There is something hedonistic, carnal, and rebellious about cabins and beaches that makes us want to go a little native with skinny dipping, minimal clothing and snuggling around the beach fire. Yeah, we want to make love outdoors. Seemingly TV producers agree with us and direct all sorts of survivor…

“Hey Lee, look at Naked Girl!” is a little gift my wife casually tosses out to me while I am ensconced in some boring document at my computer — hopefully not this one. And sure enough, this older college student is being casual, naked and going about her business 50…

How the unexpected can be beautiful Sometimes Mother Nature rolls over on her back and asks you to scratch her belly, or maybe just gawk at the scene before you. The thrill of small visual gifts is exacerbated if you, like me, generally have low expectations of anything happening. Maybe…