Doodlesocking
A few years back at the Outdoor Writers of Kansas spring outing at Beloit, Kansas, Joyce and I were paired with Chatt Martin for...
The Greatest and the Smallest in the Kansas Sky
Well, it’s time again for both the largest and the smallest birds in Kansas to make their spring appearances. Turkey Vultures, being of course...
Farm Pond Fishin’
The phone rang early Saturday morning, and on the line was a friend from church inviting me to fish with him that afternoon on...
Preparation for 2025 Kansas Spring Turkey Season
Well, March is about to show us whether she will go out like a lion or a lamb, which means the 2025 Kansas spring...
McPherson State Fishing Lake Worthy of a Trip
The year was 1957; the date was somewhere between March 1 and May 1 depending on whose account you read. As quoted in the...
Spring is about to Spring
Well, you know what they say, “Spring Waits for No Man;” wait, maybe it’s just me that says that. Anyway, it’s true, and while...
Snow; Love it or hate it
Show me a Midwesterner who doesn’t have some sort of love-hate relationship with snow, and I’ll show you the rock they have lived under....
In Memory of Ole’ Stumpy
I have a love-hate relationship with squirrels, also known as limb chickens or tree bacon in our neck of the woods. Pesky as they...
Katfish the (Canine) Gator
I’ve always been intrigued, or maybe confused by people who have reptiles for pets. Our pets have always been small dogs that had the...
The End of Groundhog Day as we know it???
If my 73 years on this rock has taught me anything, it’s just when you think you have seen and heard it all, you...