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Much can be learned about the nature of wildlife by their tracks in the snow.
Most Americans have lost the hardscrabble survival skills of those who came of age in the 1920s and 1930s.
The times we have gone off trail and became "turned around a bit" have all been times of discovery.
There are still a few around, but they're increasingly hard to find.
We were laughing like two adolescent schoolboys who had just gotten away with an enormous prank.
Our day ends as it has for decades at a location known to us simply as "Grandpa's Place."
Starting a brand-new year and leaving all the worthless baggage of the past year behind is really just that simple.
Musings from a Deep South expatriate in the Northern Great Plains.
Sometimes the wise give counsel and then sleep soundly while the impulsive and passionate follow their wisdom.
Every so often it's good to rid yourself of the baggage you have carried throughout the year.
"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful for beauty is God's handwriting," said Ralph Waldo Emerson.
There was art to it all and grace among friends that has lasted over four decades.
You may take the boy out of the South, but never the South out of the boy.
