If I were to sum up this garden season in a single word, it would be preoccupation. We started the garden late, but we started strong. We redid the whole layout and even added a nice sitting area where we could sip coffee and watch over our vegetables. Unfortunately, we probably only used those seats […]
The Bus, The Garden, and a New Job
I’ve been taking something of a hiatus from Hook, Rifle, & Spade recently, as you surely noticed. Things around here became very suddenly very busy. First, I started a new job on the Boulder County Trail Crew a couple months ago. Working ten hours days doing manual labor in the summer heat really takes it […]
Late Season Geese at Nakagawa SWA
Last year I had amazing luck hunting Canada geese late in the season. I went out without any real knowledge and over four days in the field I bungled my way into bringing home three geese. Now, I know that three geese does not seem like a lot to anyone who is really into this […]
Deep Sea Fishing in Cancun
It is a wild thing, deep sea fishing. You sit on the edge of the abyss, the edge of your world, and reach out into another world entirely. Sometimes you get nothing. Other times an unknown force in the darkness takes hold of your probe and gives you a run. You struggle with this invisible […]