I remember Ricky was a lean boy with dark eyes and an army-surplus folding shovel. When the spring melt got rolling I would ride my bike two miles and meet him at the twin culverts that channeled Beaver Creek, under Beaver Creek Road. My father’s farm was all swamp and flatland, leaving me easily bewitched [...]
There has been a manor at Otley since at least the time of the Domesday Book, and the place name itself is Anglo-Saxon. Deep in the lush Suffolk countryside, the site of Otley Hall has been occupied since the 12th century, when the de Otteleys were lords of the manor. From 1401 the Gosnold family [...]
My da was a bargeman on the Morris Canal in New Jersey. The first thing I remember was the tether Ma placed around my waist to keep me from falling in the canal. She was usually too busy to watch after me, helping Da with the thousand things that a bargeman’s wife had to do. [...]
IT IS THE summer of my parents’ divorce, and I have just found out how many licks it tares to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Travis, one of my campers, tells me the magic number as I stand by the yellow bus and wave my afternoon goodbyes. He heaves himself to the [...]
By Jill Christine Carpenter It was the first week in October, 1992. My friend, Julie, and I took a trip to NYC to visit my sister and her husband. They lived in Brooklyn Heights at the time. While we were there the weather was amazingly beautiful, every single day. We were told quite often that [...]
By Cynth’ya Lewis Reed This is more about the seriousness of being able to extend quality of life. That’s all that’s important to me in my life now. . . do things that help extend and improve the quality of life. When I asked a few weeks ago if any authors wanted to go [...]
For a new couple, there’s no better test of compatibility than that fateful first trip. There’s much to be learned from seeing your sweetiemunchkins removed from her network of coping mechanisms and creature comforts. You may uncover negatives, like her packing 11 pairs of shoes for a weekend upstate. You may also discover a charming [...]
By Karen Lynn Vidra , The Texas Tornado Late Tuesday night, 14 June, 2005, Athens, Greece~ Dear Louisiana~ Hai! Miita kuuluu? Kiitos hyvaas! Or, as they would say in Africa, Jambo! Habari gani? M’zuri sana, asante sana! As you can probably surmise, this is Sari, Sari Constantinos, writing. Nikky and I just got back from [...]
Hazel Barton’s teammate collects chunks of ice from the cave wall. The sample may contain an ice-dwelling oreanism — like the tardigrade shown above. Hazel Barton awakens to the sound of a thundering crack. She realizes that the morning sun has warmed the ice near her tent, causing it to split. Barton unzips her tent [...]
After years of fiddling around with practically every icefishing tool and gadget you can think of, I’ve narrowed my choice of must-have items down to these. For the angler who likes to run and gun and values mobility, this gear fits nicely in a trailer behind your snow machine. Versatile lee Rod and Reel Duo [...]