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A Ballard of Ducks

The railway rattled and roared and swung With jolting carriage and bumping trucks. The sun, like a billiard red ball, hung In the western sky: and the tireless tongue Of the wild-eyed man in the co...

Testament of a Fisherman

I fish because I love to; because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful and I hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly; beca...

Cessna first solo

Been taking flying lessons and took my first solo in a Cessna 152  in December 1996.

New Zealand Trip

Fished the South Island of New Zealand in November 1996 with fishing buddy Beard. Here are some pictures of the trip.

Liquid nitrogen ice cream

After reading the April 1994 article, “Chemistry and Physics in the Kitchen” in Scientific American, I made liquid nitrogen ice cream for the first time with Drs Barry Flower and Markus Schenkel.