There is much to be thankful for, including… A Best Friend; Family; Health; America; Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines; Mountains and Rivers; Ponies; Puppies; Kittens; Jennifer Connelly; Pie; scrappy Sport-fish; O...

Well, it’s about over.  And this is when I first start feeling a little ….mopey…about the end of the summer season.  At the beginning of Sept., I’m like, “Hey, September is the best month!,” plus I often ha...

I love (part of) September; the not totally crappy part that falls randomly, unpredictably and infrequently though out the month.  The bugs and (most of) the tourists are gone, the leaves are yellow…all made much swee...

My frequently blogging pal Amber asked me yesterday what I was going to be doing on my upcoming vacation, and when I told her she sniggered, in her friendly but uniquely Amber way, which, this time was to say, “Uhh�...

What a beautiful day it was on Saturday, so Kim and I decided to take ‘Big Blue’ for a float and chase those famous upper Kenai rainbows.  Of course I was skunked.  To make matters slightly MORE irritating, a you...

I’m out of town for a few days, off to see family Outside.  It’s been in the mid 80’s with 90-something percent humidity in Michigan lately, so I suspect I’ll be sweatin’ like Tom Anderson!  Or Ben Stevens....

Thoughts on Pebble Mine   Those who support this project say that the mine would affect only a miniscule sliver of Southwest Alaska’s abundant resources.  Relative to the vastness of Southwest Alaska that i...

Combat Fishing on the Alagnak, Katmai, AK   ...sleep tight my pretties.. .

Combat season on the Alagnak River, Katmai, AK BOO!

Some things are just so predictable…   ...like the cluck-cluck-clucking of disapproval from all the usual suspects regarding the Supreme Court’s supposed “trashing” of the First Amendment in the Bong Hi...

REGARDING OUR NEW SMOKING RULES, ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE (Disclosure:  I do not frequent bars anymore, used to smoke cigarettes, smoke about 2 cigars per week)  As we are poised to breathe our newly pristine air, I wo...

For better reception of liberal talk radio KUDO, please adjust your tin foil hat. That is all... What?  What'd I say?!  

I'm thinking that sometimes it's okay to lie to people. Like, you know, especially when YOU know what's good for them more than they do.What? What'd I say!?!

I'm thinking of starting a blog called "Random Musings," because everyone should be able to share the contents of my head, don't you think? So, okay, here we go!Ummm...uhhh. Lessee...ahhh...Okay, I got nothin.' Dang!...