Monthly Archives: March 2022

Home again, home again jiggity-jig

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

Our Southwest travel adventure has ended. We are back in the North Country in late March, the month we can expect alternating thaws and freezes, rain and snow, mud and ice. The first night home, two inches of wet, slippery … Continue reading →

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Gardens? What gardens? We’re in Kansas!

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

One of the greatest exchanges of dialogue in a scene from the motion picture “Casablanca”: Captain Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re … Continue reading →

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Better keep your hat on a few weeks

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

Three months without a haircut was too long. Although I am balding (okay, almost bald), my head was beginning to resemble a ridged dome on a high plains prairie covered by little bluestem native grass: tufts and clumps jutting up … Continue reading →

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No escape

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Jerry Johnson
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Drinker, smoker, carnivore

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

During the long, relaxed evenings of our winter vacation sojourn through New Mexico I have escaped the great evil of television “news” broadcasts and have enjoyed reading books on my favorite subjects: history, and biographies of historical figures. Currently, I … Continue reading →

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Sheltering from the wind

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

An outdoor writer who does not credit the wind as the predominant force in the shaping and the life of wild places has failed in his craft. The wind touches and forms or reforms every thing. The wind also touches … Continue reading →

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26 ‘Must Do’ items before towing our trailer

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

A riddle: Why is a Scamp camping trailer like a P-38 Lightning World War II twin engine fighter aircraft? Answer: Because you have to complete a checklist of items before you fly into “combat.” Bear with me; I will explain. … Continue reading →

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