EXPLORING THE MAGICAL AND THE MUNDANE


  • The Maroon Bells

    Plans Change But Oh My God… …we went to one of my favorite places in the whole world. Fishing didn’t happen. Fishing happening tomorrow. I had the migraine headache from hell and at 5:30 this morning, I was a puddle of pitiful woe. But I got better… thanks to fistfuls of Advil and lots of…


  • Tomorrow, we’re fishing again. Jeff, our teacher/guide, will be taking us somewhere to catch some small mouth bass. I know, I know, we should be catching trout, right? But Mr. Al has a love affair with bass catching and I’m not one to judge since catching anything at this point will be a major event…


  • Mr. Al and I had the best time. We learned so much and are now fairly able to fish on our own. I say fairly because you need to just practice and fish and make goofy mistakes before you can really say you’re any good. Jeff Lyon was our instructor. He’s been teaching for five…


  • Up front, I used my iPhone for pics, so I need to wait until they hit my Cloud to post them. I.E…..I owe you peeps some pics. Beautiful day! Fishing class was fun! Probably because Mr. Al and I are better than the others, so we felt kinda cool, I’ll admit it. Hey, I can…


  • If you’re looking for a town to be the same after more than 30 years, you’re going to be disappointed. If you’re looking for a certain area to help jog your 30-year memories, you’re going to be disappointed, too. I’m sure a strip mall or two will be blocking the view you remembered. But, if…