My goddaughter Claire wanted a puppy for her 13th birthday. She didn't care what kind of dog it was so long as it was cute and would be hers and hers alone. Her father Joel agreed and took her to the animal shelter to find her a dog. Claire immediately fell in love...
The Arthurian legends enthralled me as a kid… they still do. Don’t get me wrong, Nintendo, and Star Wars, and shooting snakes from a bridge or canoe were all legit, too. But King Arthur and all those knights doing knightly things like being polite to one another...
My friend Joel and I came across the kiosk following our last day of peacock bass fishing in Brazil's Amazon. We were exploring the Podunk frontier town of Barcelos when we came across a store wedged between two dilapidated concrete structures. Despite...
From the ‘respect your opponent’ files: Poachers do it for the thrill. Don’t believe otherwise. The days of starving families have largely fallen by the wayside in this country, where width is a bigger problem than want. But killing everything,...
She turns, gliding through the kelp on my right. I release the kelp stalk I’m holding thirty feet beneath the surface and very gently kick my feet from the ankles, streamlining my body and letting myself sink to her depth as I glide forward. I don’t move towards her,...
I didn’t have to speak the language to understand that things were about to explode. In the driver’s seat to my right, my Professional Hunter Hendrik sat screaming in Afrikaans at the rear-view mirror reflection of Ball-Ball in the back seat. The tracker/skinner sat...
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