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2 days ago

Bears in the Krispy Kreme Truck

This week a pair of black bears slipped into the open door of a Krispy Kreme Doughnut delivery truck and laid waste to about a jillion doughnut holes. If there is a pre-hibernation bear-Heaven this was it; like a stream of sedentary boneless salmon dipped in sugar! …

Wildlife

4 min read

Wildlife

4 min read


Jul 25

Ketchup, Culture and the Old (not angry) White Guy

Hard-headed, but soft-hearted is a tough combo. I insisted to my 20-something daughter that I needed more than two of those thimble-sized ketchup cups at A&W restaurant. She challenged me to think outside the box, or in this case, the ketchup cup. Then she carefully expanded the pleated sides of…

Gender

3 min read

Gender

3 min read


Jun 14

Artificial Intelligence with Hair

We have been doing AI for a long time even though many of us are losing control and are running around with our hair on fire about, well, about losing control! For a moment let’s deliberately make the mistake of thinking AI is Artificial Insemination instead of Artificial Intelligence. The…

Humor

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Humor

3 min read


May 29

East Van, A Bar, Rock & Roll, an Escape

Sometimes an easy life can seem a little shallow; too protected, no sharp edges and just a little too insulated from the real world. I have worked and saved a long time to add security and an illusion of padding against hardship, yet, too good an exterior can create a…

Vancouver

6 min read

East Van, A Bar, Rock & Roll, an Escape
East Van, A Bar, Rock & Roll, an Escape
Vancouver

6 min read


May 24

Family Hell-roaring Across Louisiana

The tendrils of Prince Albert smoke gently curling up from my father’s pipe were an apt metaphor for his driving style. Contemplative and smooth with gently acceleration up on the downslope and feathering the throttle on the upslope to keep the old Pontiac Bonneville station wagon from downshifting. In contrast…

Road Trip

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Family Hell-roaring Across Louisiana
Family Hell-roaring Across Louisiana
Road Trip

9 min read


May 18

Titty Show at Hawg Flats; a Harley Rally Newbie Gets Schooled

It wasn’t that non-Harleys weren’t allowed at the 7th Annual Hawg Flatts Motorcycle Rally in northern Alberta but of the 800 bikers there, mine was the only German bike to be seen. There was a lonely MotoGuzzi and about seven Japanese bikes looking piteously out of place. Everything else simply…

Harley Davidson

10 min read

Harley Davidson

10 min read


May 5

Possibly My Mother’s Favorite Joke

The self-deprecating humor of a 90-year-old’s post-depression tendencies. An elderly man, confined to bed with a terminal diagnosis, thought that he was hallucinating. Yet, the delicious smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies permeated his bedroom like a dream of Heaven. Figuring “What the hell do I have to lose?”…

Humor

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Humor

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Apr 5

A Banjo, a Ballad, and a Bathroom

A column of 75 British soldiers marching in cadence started a resonant wave that caused the bridge they were crossing in Manchester, England to collapse. Hereafter, marching troops got issued the command “Route Step!” that means break timing. Learning of this early catastrophe, our 8-person Boy Scout Platoon chose route…

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A Banjo, a Ballad, and a Bathroom
A Banjo, a Ballad, and a Bathroom

3 min read


Mar 24

Duiker Make a Fool of Me

My humbling at the hooves of a small African mammal In the back of everyone’s mind were the elegant spiral horns and succulent tenderloins of a desert Greater Kudu (Tragolaphus strepiceros). The Kalahari is not the best Kudu habitat but they are sprinkled throughout. Kudu are Africa’s poster child over…

Hunting Story

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Duiker Make a Fool of Me
Duiker Make a Fool of Me
Hunting Story

15 min read


Mar 24

Pheasants in a Curious Land

My face felt funny, Drawn or pinched, either would have been understandable as I looked through the ceremonial smoke and across the misted shortgrass prairie of Eastern Montana. I had come to this ceremony cynically expecting a lot of native victimhood on display but once there, found it challengingly meaningful…

Indigenous Lands

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Pheasants in a Curious Land
Pheasants in a Curious Land
Indigenous Lands

13 min read

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Southerner by birth, Northerner by choice, Casual person by nature.

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