Fishing the Slough and a Pike-Minnow
“Hey, G—, I just finished fishing the slough,” I shouted to my friend from my passenger side window. “I was driving by when I noticed you here.” “Oh, hey, what’s up, bro?” He shouted back, as he gathered gear from his car ready to hit the water. “Did you catch anything?” “A pikeminnow down the […]
A Father’s Day Rainbow
“What’s that buzzing sound?” I couldn’t make out what it was; likely to it being so early this morning and me being in a place between blissful sleep and barely waking. “Whatever. I’ll figure it out after some more sleep.” I wouldn’t know until later, but that buzzing was my daughter texting me Happy Father’s […]
Nice Size Brown Trout
“Uggh! I’m so tired. What time is it?” A quarter to eight and I was still in bed. For me, that is way over sleeping. Then again, I didn’t get in from work until twoish in the morning. For the most part, the temps had been warming up all week; enough to see all the […]
Mountain Folk Hospitality
B.J. Palmer wrote, “You never know how far reaching something you think, say, or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.” On Wednesday, as I pulled onto the property, after having survived a long day at work, I noticed something sitting at my front door. “What da? What in the world is that?” […]
Lots of Rain and Rising River
Here I am sitting under a pop-up tent. Oh, nothing, just raining… Again! I wanted to hit up the river this weekend, but as usual on the weekends, rain. In fact, it’s supposed to rain for four days. I strolled down to the creek here at the ranch. Already the creek has risen and keeps […]
General Ramblings
Boy, it sure has been raining a lot, with only brief bouts of sun peering through the gray covered sky. As I write this, thunder is rolling across the sky. The river and creeks are flowing very high. Creeks that are typically small and slow moving have transformed into small rivers. As for the Bitterroot […]
A Hell of a Week, but a Hell of a Sight
Pretty picture, isn’t it? Yeah, well, it’s the silver lining to the week I had at work. Late last week our boss was pulled away from the jobsite. His covid test from that morning returned positive. Company policy is any person testing positive must immediately be escorted off the job site and sent home to […]
Remembering Those Who Have Died
This is the sight here in Darby at South Valley Veterans memorial; Our great flag flying at half-mast. It’s not that it’s flying at half-mast because it’s Veterans Day. It’s been flying like this for the last few days, since the tragedy in Uvalde Texas, where a crazed eighteen-year-old gunman ended the life of nineteen […]
The Hat I Wear
“Dude that’s a great looking hat.” “Yo, bro, that hat is killing it.” “That hat looks good on you.” These were some of the many comments I received when I first showed up to work wearing my hat. I guess in the land of cowboy hats and camouflage ball caps, something that is neither is […]
The Clothes We Wear.
We had another long day on the ranch. More cowboying and cattle wrangling was on the menu for the day. For my part, it was mostly standing by for a “just in case” moment. The downtime afforded plenty of opportunities to slip down to the creek, sit and contemplate. That and also smoke a cigar. […]