A man’s heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps. - Proverbs 16:9 Over the years I’ve spent a lot of time thinking over the paths we take in life. Or those we do not take. I think that if we were honest, these conversations we have within ourselves regarding how we should …
Tag: Children
Diamonds
Sitting on a tree along the side of a small mountain stream, I watched my daughter delicately cast my three weight up current. It was her 21st birthday. She had a diamond on her left hand now…given just the day before from whom I now refer to as my second son. She doesn’t fish often, …
Poor Valley to Paradise Canyon
Marcus Aurelius, in his Meditations, wrote to do everything with a purpose, to always ask “is this necessary,” and to always remember that death comes to us all - and it comes quickly. I spend a lot of time thinking about this lately - about what consumes my time, what consumes my thoughts, and how …
Just knowing we were there..
Trout Lilly (Erythronium americanum) Two weeks ago, as John and I took the long walk back up the mountain out of the run, lamenting the three miles to one fish ratio of the day, John said something that struck me as profound: “I just like knowing they are here.” For John, that day he had …
Something Profound in a Trout Stream
…as winter gives way to spring, so the seasons of life transition from one to another. “Can you remember the first time you cried?” She asked me. We were talking about many things as we drove across the front range, which lay hidden behind a blanket of clouds and snow. “Not really” I said. My …
Red-Letter Days…
Moments of perfection The practice of designating days, words, or letters of great significance as red-letter days goes back to early 500’s AD. I never really looked into this before, thought about it, or even noticed it - even though it was always there... my red-letter Bible with the words of Jesus in red, a …
Sunset on many trout streams.
There are moments in life where we pause and we take it all in. Those times where we sit down on the tailgate after removing our boots, pour a lid of luke-warm coffee from this morning’s thermos, and for a moment we just consider the day. I had one of those moments last October. Standing …
Appalachian Mountain Brookies 