HavingREELFun
The heroes of the week are Fred Perry and Carl Caso. They teamed up to get this monster trout-eating machine out of our White...
The Nature of Eureka
On Henbits and Deadnettles
There’s two weeds that you all see and probably don’t give a second thought to. You find them in lawns, along...
The Dirt on Nicky
Mullein vs. demons and catarrh
My first awareness of mullein (Verbascum thapsus) occurred in southeastern Washington. I lived in the bunkhouse of a Jolly Green...
The Coffee Table
The Smiling Impairment
If anybody should be opposed to wearing a mask, it’s me. I am moderately hearing impaired—enough to wear hearing aids. Except masks make my little...
ISawArkansas
Loggers cut down old-growth trees insisting, “We hugged it first,” and tell us if they didn’t cut the trees, we’d be using plastic toilet...
HavingREELFun
I had the pleasure of taking the Anderson family from Texas out on my boat this last weekend. Tag, Karla, and their beautiful daughter,...
The Dirt on Nicky
The beet goes on
Aphrodite was the goddess of love in Greek myth, and what special food did the myth-writers claim she favored to enhance...
The Coffee Table
I finally decided it was time to mow the grass. I’ve been putting it off for fear I couldn’t get the mower started. As long...
ISawArkansas
A friend had a quadruple heart bypass several months ago. When he went dark for five or six weeks I finally texted him, “Are...
HavingREELFun
Redbuds are blooming, white bass are just around the corner. The peak of the spawning run will be when the temperature of the water...