Living on a raft…
It’s lovely to live on a raft and sometimes we’d have that whole river to ourselves for the longest time.” -Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain
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“The Cache la Poudre River, just west of Fort Collins, is one of the most beautiful and exciting rivers I have rafted. The ever-changing water makes every day new and fun. Throughout the season, the water level can vary as much as 4 feet and that makes for very different experiences on the river, all…
Tales from the Wild-Crow Not the Best Meal
According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, the inscription on the metal bands used by the U.S. Department of the Interior to tag migratory birds has been changed. The bands used to bear the address of the Washington Biological Survey, abbreviated Wash. Biol. Surv. until the agency received the following letter from an Arkansas camper: Dear…
Games, Games, Games
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
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I’d rather be a “could-be” if I cannot be and “are”; because a “could be” is a “maybe” who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a “has-been” than a “might-have-been,” by far. For a “might-have-been” has never “been,” but a “has” was once an “are.” -Milton Berle Tweet
Ever-present
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?” That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only…
Tales from the Rookies-those who were not offered a job
“I have to quit training. My muscles are too big.” Cockiness and excuses are bad traits by themselves, in combination they are even worse (but funny!). Tweet