It’s Gator Season!
Mr. Big Food and I have a buddy who is a Gator Guide. I wonder if there’s anyone else in all of academia who can say that?
Guide to Daily Reading | 4/24 (yesterday, sorry)
There are somethings I do not understand. In the Pocket Library Guide to Daily Reading, the entry for April 24th included the information that some dude named Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was wounded on April 25, 1916. Why? Why not tell us on April 25th? From that infallible source: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron
Thanksgiving Turkey
“Catching the Turkey” Grandma Moses 1940 More in the “Catching the Turkey” series here. Though I know little about Grandma Moses, primitivism, or art, I am a fan of Anna Mary Robertson, and enjoy looking at her work. “A Blizzard” 1956
Public Service Announcement Concerning Wild Hogs
Press Release from the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks: Monday, January 04, 2016 Wild Hogs in Flood Zone The Mississippi River reached flood stages that resulted in the closing of hunting of all wild animals – except for waterfowl – in previously announced affected areas. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (“MDWFP”) is
Those Mississippi Boys
This is what boys in rural Mississippi do for fun. Walker and his pals are high school seniors. They have trucks and guns. They could be robbing convenience marts and participating in drive-by shootings. (Though, truthfully I don’t think they really could be doing those things. Can you just imagine what their daddies would do to
Squirrel!
Shhh… . Don’t tell Missy but squirrel season in Mississippi starts Thursday. Daily bag limit is eight but according to the MS Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks website, “[s]quirrel populations are expected to be less abundant going into the 2015 – 2016 fall hunting season compared to last year.” The previous year’s hardwood mast crop is often
Walker’s World
Hungary is a beautiful country. And Budapest is… the Paris of the East. Things are not going well in Budapest, Hungary these days. (I took these photos in 2006 (top) and 1997 (bottom)). I like Hungary. I have Hungarian Friends. I had to scour my computer and the house for these two photographs– two of
Turkeys
This is a terrible photograph but I hope you can see the mama and baby turkeys. Those little ones– which stand about 2′ tall, I think– are just such cutie pies I caint stans it. Earlier today I’d received an email about turkeys: The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks values the opinions of
What To Do With Leftover Mashed Potatoes?
Make French Potato Fritters! Very good! A nice send off for Mike & Greg who both are now in their respective cities where they will do City Mouse things. (Mike loves that story.) Life is Big, isn’t it? Oh. Speaking of Big… . Remember American Grouch? The guy whose blog I read who lives in Minnesota,
Most Interesting Question of the Day
“What would you like us to do with the gut pile?” Context: Chris and Nick have taken us up on our offer to come out and cull the local deer population. I was also asked, “Is it ok that we use that pulley, cable, gambrel system in your side yard?” Silly me. I thought it
Blaze
Orange
You Missed It
No idea who these guys are. Found the photo here. Mississippi gator season ended yesterday. Various sites are reporting over 400 were snagged– many many over 10′ long!Some snippets from the 2012 Mississippi Alligator Hunting Guide: Shotgun After the alligator has been properly restrained, remove the shotgun from the case, place all persons in a
Farm Safety & Government Intrusion
Typically, I think– and I could be delusional– when I have a point I want to make about something cultural or political, I lead up to it. And I oft times invoke crappy old stuff in the lead up. Not so in this post. Oh! Don’t worry! There will be plenty of crappy old stuff
In just 17 hours or so
youth deer hunting season begins in Mississippi. If there are any girls or boys out there under the age of 16 who would like to grab their deer rifles and don “500 square inches of unbroken hunter orange”* please give me a call. Peas Please excuse the weeds. Eaten peas *Shouldn’t this be “500 unbroken