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Puppy Love
In the first blush of a fine spring morning, Linda Baker, director of the Upper Green River Alliance, and I disembarked from her truck in Wyoming’s 7-million-acre Upper Green River…
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Five Star Conservation
Legendary coach Bear Bryant hunted here. For serious football fans–and in Alabama it’s hard to find any other kind–those words make Five Star Plantation hallowed ground. But this storied land’s…
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High Plains Lowdown
Say “sharp-tailed grouse” to an old sodbuster and he’ll tip back his wear-stained, weathered, wide-brim Stetson, spit out a chew of Copenhagen, look you in the eye and then to…
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Canine Concerns
In the last two issues, we’ve examined gastric bloat and torsion, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, and heat stroke. In the last part of this special series, we’ll look at poisoning. At 14…
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A Time of Quiet Wonder
Each year, a certain autumn day breaks and slips over the Connecticut River, covering the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont with morning light. It is the beginning of a reunion for…
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Saving Sage Grouse
In the first blush of a fine spring morning, Linda Baker, director of the Upper Green River Alliance, and I disembarked from her truck in Wyoming’s 7-million-acre Upper Green River…
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Opening Day
I met Mike when I moved back to River City after completing medical training. He sold medical equipment–everything one needed to set up practice. A quintessential salesman, loquacious and voluble…
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Defining Craft
American whiskey is going through a growth spurt right now resulting in lawsuits, investors giving founders the boot, and debates starting over fanciful terminology. At the center of all this…
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El Paso Del Verano Al Otono
The dog dropped on point somewhere in the wheat, leaving a void in the place he had been. A moment before, there had been a wind-blown Belton setter there, a…
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Bosis and Beautiful
In the Classical world, the ancients believed beauty and goodness were inseparable–that is, physical manifestations of beauty were considered outward expressions of inner qualities such as moral character and fitness…
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Why Smoke Cigars
Welcome to the fascinating world of cigar smoking! Before we start the journey in earnest, let’s examine the reasons why so many people _find cigar smoking such a pleasurable pastime—and…
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An Uncommon Spice
Great food sends chills down my spine, puts tingles in my belly, and makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck, almost like a daydream. When Chef…
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