AN ECONOMIC SUMMIT was held recently to discuss ways to stimulate the economy of the North Olympic Peninsula. A May 12 Peninsula Daily News article… Continue reading
LAST WEEK I got an announcement from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, about a proposal for the next edition of the Merriam… Continue reading
APRIL CAN BE the cruelest month. It's when we are forced to turn in our income tax and turn in our punch card. The first… Continue reading
FISHING HAS ALWAYS been a metaphor for life. In fishing and in life, you must have a vision of your goal. We cast our offering… Continue reading
I REMEMBER THE very first Earth Day back in the 1970s. Fishing must have been slow, since I was in school. They herded us into… Continue reading
THANK YOU FOR reading this. Sometimes I think if you didn't read this, no one would. But you do. I get mail from faraway places… Continue reading
YOU HEARD IT here first: I'm through writing this column once I get my new job as a marmot surveyor. I am uniquely qualified for… Continue reading
DAYLIGHT ON THE river comes mighty early these days. It is a peaceful time of day to watch the stars fade away as the sunrise… Continue reading
"CALL ME WHEN the fishing's good," my fancy friend said. I wish had a dollar for every time I heard that one. As a professional… Continue reading
ALL I HAVE ever tried to do as a wilderness gossip columnist was to remove the dirty linen from the seamy underbelly of our local… Continue reading
IT'S ALWAYS SAD to see a lost-animal poster. Many people, myself included, can become so attached to animals that we become desperate to find them… Continue reading
I WAS RESEARCHING the history of the Dungeness River by driving old-timers around their old stomping grounds and listening to them argue over what happened… Continue reading
AS I MENTIONED last week, the first thing I did when my old friend, Harry, told me he was having a stroke on our way… Continue reading
FEBRUARY MUST BE my favorite month. It's when we catch the biggest steelhead of the year. Steelhead don't feed when they enter fresh water, so… Continue reading
THEY SAY THE fear of public speaking is one of the greatest anxieties people face. I'll have to admit that speaking in public is one… Continue reading
THERE ARE PEOPLE who say it is OK to camp without a campfire. I ain't one of them. Building a campfire is one of the… Continue reading
SOMEONE ASKED ME recently when it was going to stop raining. If I could predict the weather, do you think I'd waste my time as… Continue reading
JANUARY CAN BE the darkest and most depressing month of the year. January is when your Christmas bills come in — the stress of which… Continue reading
BY NOW, I think we've all had it up to here with the know-it-all newspaper columnists telling us what our NYRs -- New Year's resolutions… Continue reading
“There were giants in the earth . . .” — Genesis 6:1-4 It's been my privilege to know some of the giants, although it was… Continue reading
