James was Floyd Mansell’s oldest son, with the woodsman’s heritage and ability one might expect. Perhaps even in extra measure; he was one of the best woodsmen and elk and turkey hunters I ever knew in his youth. I believe he was also a Golden Gloves boxer, as many of Floyd’s kids and proteges were. …
Month: June 2017
Gordon Hall Wasley Austin RIP
When my old friend and editor at Gray’s, Reed Austin, wrote a piece on how he met his wife, Gordon Hall Wasley, on a business fishing trip in which he ended up getting a treble hook bass plug stuck in his butt, and Gordon had to remove it, I thought it was hilarious and wrote …
Old Days
The piece on the girlss playing somehow reminded me of an older incarnation.This would be the late Lashyn and a much younger Ataika, in the spring woods with us the day we discovered the remains of a very large old bear who evidently starved before he could den up . I still have his huge …
The Girls Play
Once again we have a Girls’ Act. Bobo has regressed her great aunt to about 18 months old (from 14 years). They play and pop and flirt as long as anyone stays awake. This will come as no surprise to anyone who knows Turcoman tazis. Ataika’s mother was 14 when she had her and 21 …
Better Pain Scale…
… copied from my podiatrist. According to a nurse I know, the idiotic “pain face” version is required by the government for some venues. Tell me it ain’t so!
Lauren’s New Eagle
The REAL Eagle huntress, Lauren McGough, the Mother of Dragons, is in South Africa with a new dragon. Monkeys beware!
John takes off
Our favorite gun geek John Besse left for his summer home on a tributary of the Snake in Idaho in the middle of the night so nobody would make a fuss. I wasn’t too surprised. Here he is with his latest project, a restored M99 Savage in the uncommon “250- 3000” caliber. He is partial …