Junk Food
It’s another junk food season, especially for those suffering from cabin fever.
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Doug Sack
My favourite Johnnie Johns hunting story
He said his cow moose call was so sexy, it could make the bulls stampede. The reopening of the...
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The pine marten aka the sheriff of squirrel country
“I can’t believe I just got myself trapped inside a damn squirrel cage.”- Doug Sack’s perception of the pine marten’s thoughts.
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The lost camel of an ancient Persian fairy tale
In Persia, there once was a wise king with three sons. He mock-banished the young princes from his kingdom so they could go out and test themselves against the dangers of the real world. Their journey became a fairy tale known as “The Three Princes of Serendip.”
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Words are a writer’s tool box
People who write a lot have different perspectives and relationships with words than those who...
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The ballad of “Buck” Choquette
Buck Choquette spent his last days and hours in Dawson telling Jack London true stories of his long pioneering life in the Northwest. Is it just coincidence, then, that the main character in his most successful novel, The Call of the Wild, is also named Buck?
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