Month: September 2023

A-la Johnny Appleseed, Frank comes from town in September and collects hickory nuts from beneath the hickory trees that populate Willow Bay Recreation Area and the Allegheny National Forest. He…

Some of you may have been National Geographic magazine devotees decades ago as I was. I’m proud to say I once owned at least one copy of every issue from…

Cool (40 degrees) air. Warm (69 degrees) water. Fishing for walleye in the wispy fog.

Storm coming in over the ridge. (P.S.: If you’ve a goldenrod allergy, this is not the time or place for you.) Arriving. My friend from long ago Wesley Griffin, would…

Music on a pleasant summer night is a treat. Don McLean, in his early 70s mega-hit asked “can music save your mortal soul?” I’m gonna say “no.” But music on…