Reading Season

Reading Season

This has been a big season for books. You’ve undoubtedly caught wind by now of the Sporting Classics book on famed outdoor illustrator (and Hemingway pal) Lynn Bogue Hunt, Lynn Bogue Hunt: Artist, Angler, Hunter. It just so happens that I scribbled the text for it,...

An Excerpt from “Big Grizzly by Bow”

An Excerpt from “Big Grizzly by Bow”

As it appears in Alaska Bears: Stirred and Shaken by Jake Jacobson The weather had recently turned colder, but we’d had no big winds for some time, so the willows still retained a lot of their leaves, which made visibility a bit less than ideal, but the project was...

An excerpt from Plumb Bob’s Pig

An excerpt from Plumb Bob’s Pig

When the pig appeared on stage as the final auction item, Plumb Bob rasped his vow to have that cute little thing. The clamorous crowd cheered as the auctioneer kicked into gear. A young grunter of this pig’s peer would normally sell for about thirty-five dollars,...