This past week Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was returned to the headlines in (in)glorious fashion since the U.S. Attorney General announced he will be tried in New York City for his part in the planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks […]
Baldo and Chica like to chase twigs, leaves, feathers, toy mice; any item I can tie to the end of some string, twine, or, especially, fly line. I have cut about fifteen feet of weight forward floating fly line–it’s actually […]
A couple of weeks ago I drove to Huntington Reservoir about an hour south of Springville to fish. It’s my favorite reservoir because of the Tiger trout–a hard fighting hybird female Brown and male Brook trout–the fact that there isn’t […]
Here are my two newest friends. They live across the street. Their owners didn’t take much care of them during the first couple of weeks they were in the neighborhood. They would regularly cross the street and hang out here. […]
Springville 16 Woods Cross 12 It was an excellent game. Not a lopsided win for the home team this time. Woods Cross, a Salt Lake area high school looked bigger than my high school team. Eventually, their strength helped them […]
It was a week ago today. The first football game I had attended in years. The weather was cold, with drizzling rain and light snow showers in the mountains and an occasional lonely flake finding its way to where I […]
Driving home this morning after doing some light shopping I overheard “enlightened” public radio analysis and speculation regarding U.S. foreign policy toward Afghanistan as President Barack Obama currently ponders whether to follow the advice of military leaders and send in […]
Good morning. I’m just sitting here with Baldo lying on my desk, breathing all stimulated and such. Maybe he wants to go play or eat or something. I pet him occasionally, which he seems to like. He feels really good […]
If there’s one thing that can keep my focus these days, as it has for the last seven or eight years, it is fly fishing. Whether I catch any fish or not. It’s probably my favorite meditative activity. Everything else […]