We’ve been buffaloed!
We’ve been buffaloed! I’ve heard it over and over, and I’m sure you have too. Those who repeat it most often use it to support their contention that Native Americans were natural people who purposely…
Nature
The Falls
The Falls In Giles County, Virginia, not too far from the quaint little town of Pembroke there is a place where the Little Stony Creek leaps and dances through the mountains for mile after mile. …
Getting Your Goat
Getting Your Goat When Americans visit other countries around the world those crazy foreigners sometimes treat us like we’re odd. They say Americans are rude know-it-alls who often don’t have any idea what we’re talking…
What He Said
What He Said When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I bought a poster at the local Magic Mart. It featured a picture of a Native American named Sealth and included a few words…
Sweetwater Days 10, Part 2 – Heads Up!
Sweetwater Days 10, Part 2 – Heads Up! Well, the 2021 deer season turned out great. I got to spend a lot of time out in the woods and enjoyed time with one of my…
A Tale of Tails: White and Bushy
A Tale of Tails: White and Bushy The light was dimming as evening approached. My seven-year-old grandson, John, sat as quietly as he could, perched on a stool beside me. It was his first time…
Mountain of the Dead
Mountain of the Dead In 1959 a group of eight men and two women planned an expedition, funded by the Ural Polytechnical Institute. Each member of the group was an experienced Grade II skier. Completing…
Some folks say, he’s up there still…
Some folks say, he’s up there still… As a kid I had a habit of checking out the magazine and book section of Magic Mart, which is where I most likely bought a book called,…
Patty and the Cowboys
Patty and the Cowboys Roger convinced Bob to drive his truck and pull three horses in a trailer while accompanying him on a hunt for something Roger had been searching for off-and-on for about five…
Mary Had a Little…Ichthyosaur?
Mary Had a Little…Ichthyosaur? This week’s post is about somebody you’ll think you’ve never heard of. Actually, you’ve known about her your whole life, you just don’t know it. You probably first heard about her…