Monthly Archives: November 2022

Merde!

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

A double whammy. A late November weather front swept in from the southwest today, bringing its rain-sleet-snow announcement that winter has come to the North Country and will hang on like a long-term visitor. That is to be expected, but … Continue reading →

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Night sky poems

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

Shot down in flamesOn clear sky winter nightsI touch certain bright starswith the tip of my index finger,one eye closed as if sighting a rifle.Not a single one has ever fallento the shot of my ocular bullet butI have seen … Continue reading →

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Abbey is in there — somewhere

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

Snow, freezing rain, and a 15-degree cold front swept across the North Country this week, a gift from the Dakotas so that we would not feel excluded from the party. I was perfectly willing to stay in the Clubhouse, read, … Continue reading →

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To understand a man…

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

“To understand a man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.” That saying is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), the most famous military and political leader in the history of France. In point … Continue reading →

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Rooster pheasant’s death attributed to leucism

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Jerry Johnson

A white-headed rooster pheasant! That was the thought that flashed through my brain when the bird took wing ahead of the “point-track-and-creep, point-track-and-creep” stalking work of my French spaniel Abbey through thick native grasses and marsh grass groundcover of a … Continue reading →

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