I have always identified with the old adage ‘Fish When You Can Go’ and I always figured it meant just what it seems, the best time to go fishing is any time you can actually go! This means you will experience some of the very best days of your life on the water but it […]

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the columnist to enlighten readers on a subject as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication. Happy New Year! The “War on Christmas” seems to be over, and Christmas won! In a poll, 65% of Americans chose “Merry Christmas” to […]

Over the past weekend I read a book called “Lost Words” by Jackie Morris and Robert MacFarlane. It took me less than an hour because it’s a big, illustrated book filled with poems in huge font meant to be read aloud to kids. The subject of these poems: ferns and kingfishers, ivy and heather, herons […]

Has it dawned on you yet that 2018 has dawned upon us? Ready or not, the New Year is here, and the question is no longer “What shall we do when it arrives?” but rather, “How shall we proceed?” One would like to think that we could prepare for every contingency. But we know full […]

A new year is like a gift that if you use it right you get to open and enjoy 365 times. It comes with the joy of a mulligan, a do over you used to call for as a child; the freshness of a sunrise or the potential of a new item out of the […]