The Spotted Devil of Gummalapur

Kenneth Douglas Stuart Anderson (1910-1974) was an Anglo-Indian who spent most of his life in Bangalore, India. An avid hunter, he was fascinated by the subcontinent’s big cats, and most of his tales dealt with the drama and dangers of man-killing tigers and...

Francis Golden – That Golden Touch

Truly this is Golden’s touch, to give us the moment tinged with feeling…[by] putting his own enthusiasm on paper with sensitivity and style. I am not a fly fisherman, but the experience of standing in a rushing stream casting to trout lurking in deep pools...

Venator Laurentian Estate

Covering some 22,000 square miles of territory just north of Montreal in the southern part of Quebec, the Laurentian Mountains consist of Precambrian rocks more than 540 million years old, making its soft peaks among the oldest in the world. SPONSORED CONTENT: Here,...
The Cameron House

The Cameron House

As Mike explained who he was and pointed up the hill to our home, the woman then exclaimed “oh, you live with Cameron!” I have written several times in the past about how dogs have plans to move in and take over your house and life — just as I have done at Mike’s...

Artist of the Adirondacks – A.F. Tait

Tait worked hard at his craft, his sketches, his technique. It was this essential labor that helped him, when his imagination called, rise to the occasion. American landscape and genre painting of the late 19th century, in which Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait excelled, is...

The Lunatic Express

The gruesome exploits of the maneaters, together with those of Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Patterson…form one of the most fantastic tales in the annals of African adventure. In the 1890s Britain’s far-flung empire covered a quarter of the globe,...

Where the Sporting Life Lives

Where the Sporting Life Lives Brays Island, located in the heart of the South Carolina Lowcountry, is a sporting community with a unique history, dedicated to preservation and a love for life outdoors. SPONSORED CONTENT: Brays Island is a sporting enthusiast’s dream...

Cusp of Summer On a Carolina Day

There is nothing more apt to illustrate life than a stilt house hovering over water set to the rhythm of a spring tide. A friend of my granddad’s used to sit on our porch in a wicker rocking chair and watch the creek go by. That creek is part of the Elizabeth...