Dancing with Cranes

In three weeks, Othello, Washington, will be celebrating its 19th Annual Sandhill Crane Festival. Thousands of serious and well-it’s-just-too-cool-to-miss birders will be observing, photographing, recording and discussing thousands of lesser sandhill cranes. These...

The 2016 Writing Contest – Short Stories

Three stories were selected for recognition from entries in this year’s outdoor adventure writing contest. You read DeVar Gleed’s family fishing memoir a couple weeks back. Today, I thought you might enjoy reading the other two – the Short Stories. Each of our authors...

Wild Children

At some point, some weeks back, Diane asked me if I would speak to the Ellensburg Friday Club. I allowed as how that might be fun, and asked, “What would be the topic?” “Oh, pretty much whatever you wanted to talk about – maybe outdoor stuff, families, you know…” I...

Fishing – It’s Often All About Family

The judges awarded Central Washington Sportsmen Show passes to DeVar Gleed for his entry in this year’s outdoor adventure writing contest. For so many of us, fishing is all about family. “Getting youngest son Nicholas and his grandpa together fishing was worth another...