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Bronson Hill Journal: September 2011
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Monday, September 12, 2011. Jolie sent me this writing with a note that said, “Pa, this passage reminded me of you.” For years now, it’s been taped above my work station to remind me of the important things. Things like family, sense-of-place, connections. Longevity. What is it that inspires a man to literally hug the earth as I found myself doing this morning? I hike uphill and feel the strain of ...
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Bronson Hill Journal: May 2011
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. It’s been a while since you’ve come here to fish. Back then ¾. A forever ago ¾. Was it just last night? When you were sedated, semi-comatose and dreaming of this, your once favorite trout run. You persevere and sacrifice a few more inches of exposed flesh to the thorns. The river beckons. You’re drawn to the slough because the water ¾. Close to its headwaters ¾. I live in an ...
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Bronson Hill Journal: THE FIELD
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Monday, September 12, 2011. Jolie sent me this writing with a note that said, “Pa, this passage reminded me of you.” For years now, it’s been taped above my work station to remind me of the important things. Things like family, sense-of-place, connections. Longevity. What is it that inspires a man to literally hug the earth as I found myself doing this morning? I hike uphill and feel the strain of ...
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Bronson Hill Journal: ELYSIAN SLOUGH
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. It’s been a while since you’ve come here to fish. Back then ¾. A forever ago ¾. Was it just last night? When you were sedated, semi-comatose and dreaming of this, your once favorite trout run. You persevere and sacrifice a few more inches of exposed flesh to the thorns. The river beckons. You’re drawn to the slough because the water ¾. Close to its headwaters ¾. I live in an ...
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Bronson Hill Journal: HOOKED BY A LAZY LOON
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Monday, April 4, 2011. HOOKED BY A LAZY LOON. The Lazy Loon (bottom), the Weezel, the Crazy Crawler and others. 8221; and me excitedly, “Did ya get one? Left photo: Mark and catch. Right photo: sister Sue and Mark at the dock. April 4, 2011 at 6:24 PM. April 6, 2011 at 10:13 AM. Oh how I loved this! April 13, 2011 at 5:41 PM. I loved your story Bompa! You are truly a great writer! Thanks for visiti...
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Bronson Hill Journal: April 2011
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Tuesday, April 19, 2011. STARDUST AND WATER FAERIES. An essay from April of last year:. Seven or eight years old at the time ¾. She wasn’t Tinker Bell but an elfin beauty, nevertheless ¾. And there came that heart stopping, Juicy Fruit gum tasting, soft first kiss that perpetuated the promise of romance on starry nights. Monday, April 4, 2011. HOOKED BY A LAZY LOON. 8221; With the sound of the old ...
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Bronson Hill Journal: LAST RETRIEVE AT CORBETT LAKE
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Friday, August 6, 2010. LAST RETRIEVE AT CORBETT LAKE. AT CORBETT LAKE,. Under “Sedge’s Last Retrieve”). Arrived at the ranch around one pm Chilly. Intermittent rain. Unloaded gear at the yurt and went fishing. A fish on. ‘Already? 8217; I thought. ‘Wow! I was having trouble finding my rhythm and felt clumsy. This was a whole. Giddy with gratitude, my finger dripping blood, I about kneeled down and...
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Bronson Hill Journal: October 2010
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Friday, October 29, 2010. There was a time, not so long ago, when you could get out into the woods and experience an unself-conscious type of solitude, when losing your self. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. I step off the patio and round the corner of the barn. WHOOSH! Saturday, October 16, 2010. THE RIVULET IN THE GLEN. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). LAST RETRIEVE AT CORBETT LAKE. THE RIVULET IN THE GLEN.
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Bronson Hill Journal: September 2010
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ESSAYS / STORIES / ARTWORK. Observations from Bronson Hill about rural life and happenings in the outdoors. Sunday, September 19, 2010. I took a walk this morning at sunrise, this 18. I left the den and the bones and continued on up the trail. By then the quality of the light had changed, filtering through the canopy of the woods and becoming diffuse. For a while there, seen “in a different light,” ordinary things like deer tails and spider webs had assumed a primal level of importance. Simple tales of u...
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