Lisa and I are adventurous sea kayakers. We venture into swamps and bogs that most others would bypass. Of course, such waterways are infiltrated with insects that most people have never seen. Around our country home, back in...
Read MoreBestselling Canadian author Lawrence Hill pursues a lifelong interest in African diaspora narratives. As a part of the research for a book he’s writing about the contribution of African American soldiers to the construction of...
Read MoreI love blood-sucking mosquitosIn my eyes, ears and nose;On my chips, nachos and tacos,In my hair and between my toes.They bite, nibble and buzz’Round local or visiting stranger,On places shaved or full of fuzzAnd never...
Read MoreJack London’s The Call of the Wild is not a particularly long book. A mere 70 pages, perhaps a few more in a version with illustrations, it is often published between the same covers as its thematic opposite, White Fang, often...
Read MoreTHEY WORK OVERTIMETO COMMIT CRIME.THEIR MANNERS THEY DON’T USEAN’ THEY LIKE TO ABUSE.THEY LIKE TO ROBAN’ THAT’S THEIR JOB.THEY EVEN WORK AT NIGHTSAN’ THEY VIOLATE OUR RIGHTS.THEY WANT A FREE MEAL‘CAUSE THEY LIKE TO STEAL.THEY...
Read MoreI have been in the wilderness of the Mackenzie Mountains for six weeks, and have decided to begin a diary. It’s maybe not the right time to start one, but now that I’m not quite as busy and not nearly as tired at the end of the...
Read MoreCOLD RUSHIN THE SUMMER THE MOSQUITOS WILL BITEIN THE WINTER THE FROST WILL BITE.WHEN YOU GO TO THE OUTHOUSEYOU WEAR YOUR PARKA OVER YOUR BLOUSE.YOUR PANYS WILL BE DOWN TO YOUR KNEESSO IT WON’T TAKE LONG TO FREEZE.YOU HAVE...
Read MoreEverything in nature has a purpose.The purpose of the Noble Mosquito [Culiseta longiareolata] is to keep our campsites from becoming overcrowded.What I see as a minor annoyance in the overall experience of camping, those with a...
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