Monthly Archives: December 2019

Winter Solstice

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Winter Solstice By the end of the journey the wanderer is not the same, Changed by burden and circumstance, fate and chance. All paths go astray, and we fall weary by the wayside, Unable to go on until one skin … Continue reading →

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Balancing act

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

After a recent comedy of errors performed in the course of a mid-morning pheasant hunt in the North Country (read Seven shotshells), Abbey and I were due for a karmic balancing act, an opportunity to enjoy an exciting and uplifting … Continue reading →

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Christmas gift books for Uncle Owun

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Christmas day is speeding toward us like a truck on an icy highway in the dark of night, and in the panicked search for a gift for Uncle Owun we are a deer caught in the headlights. We all have … Continue reading →

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Warm boots

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Best thing about a boot dryer? Starting a sub-zero temperature day by pulling on warm boots. So I got this idea: Heat my hiking boots this morning in the microwave oven! For just 60 seconds, on half-power. These boots have … Continue reading →

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Seven shotshells

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Abbey must have thought we had died and gone to heaven. Six weeks into a sparse bird season we blundered into a pheasant paradise where she found, tracked, and pointed nine birds in less than two hours – six hens … Continue reading →

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December day’s deer hunt

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Yesterday’s howling wind has subsided to a crisp breeze, and the storm that blasted the North Country with threats of five-six-seven inches of snow has huffed itself out, leaving only two, maybe three inches of accumulation and a few foot-deep … Continue reading →

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