At Last – Fantasy Season

The Old Man treasured these quiet days of winter; food was put up and a good meal for five was a few steps down into the root cellar (a cellar which is, today, buried somewhere under the entrance to Costco in East Wenatchee). At those times when he actually sat down...

Finding Beauty in All That Snow

Maybe you’ve spent a few hours parked and waiting for Mother Nature to bless you with a safe trip over the Cascades, too, or for our hard-working road crews to clear away her white gift of winter. We have had no shortage of those delicate hexagonal crystals of ice...

Why You Should Love Hunters

“We cannot simply say we are conservationists… concerned for wildlife’s future. We must demonstrate this… over and over again. Only by doing so can we convince society of our concern for the wild others we pursue and protect…” Shane Patrick Mahoney On Sunday, Dec. 13,...

Memory Banks and Auld Acquaintance

It was a simple enough plan; I would drive to Colorado a week before Christmas to begin harassing Hucklings and Grand-Hucklings. Diane, daughter Arcelia and grandson Jonas would fly down on Christmas day. Once I got ahead of road closures in Oregon and circumvented...