A Hiatus from Words

A Hiatus from Words

I seem to have decided to take a hiatus from words. Some of it has been intentional while other aspects of word avoidance seem to have a life of their own. I’ve even stopped sending fishing reports to Dale Bowman of the Chicago Sun Times, something I’ve been doing pretty much weekly for over 13 years. In case you missed it, it’s all pretty much explained here.

Instead of sitting down at the computer and trying to come up with some lame thing to say, something I apparently haven’t bothered doing since June 8th, I hang out. Sometimes go for walks. Take lame pictures while out doing those things and regardless of whether or not I mention it, I always go fishing.

So here’s some pictures.

In the lower left are two bass. The bigger one was nearly 20 inches and that’s the bed on a creek they were having fun in.
That’s mom cat in the front and her baby in the back, our feral buddies. The baby is now living in one of my closets with five babies of her own.
Front yard sunset.
Big April flood shrank this gravel bar by 75% and created a new channel on an island. I wonder where all that rock and gravel went.

I’ve found about 80 of these in the last year out at the State Park.
My daughter testing her new bow with some of the arrows.

I like this next creek.

A few hours old.
The wife has threatened to kill me if I tell any of the stories of what she’s done to make the lives of these kittens comfortable. Idle threat.
Fishing slobs.

As thick as I am tall. Amazing what a flood on a little creek can move around.

Silver Springs State Park pheasant hunting area sunset. Kind of nice having this five miles away.
My buddy.

The entrance to the Death March. I should finish that post at least.
The start of the Death March. Looks foreboding, doesn’t it?

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  1. bob

    7 Jul 2013 Reply

    1. Bass bedding. I know some guys who like bbw. I guess some like bbb (bass) I once bedded a bbw. Her orgasms were fierce. She was strong. Threw me out of bed twice. Heavenly.
    2. Two slut cats. No harm there. I know the type. Like the type too.
    3. I’m more a sunset guy than a sunrise guy. That says something about me, but I’ve never known what.
    4. I love creeks and streams. Just do, dammit.
    5. We all need longer arms for those fish shots. Still, they are a genre all their own now.
    6. Nice shot of the arrows. Bad shots by the bow people. Any blood on the tips?
    7. Your daughter looks like some kind of anime game, female huntress of errant men. I’ll bet he regrets his BS now.
    8. I like that creek to. I love dappled light on water.
    9 – 11. The sound of rushing water against limestone. The sound of leaves, the smell of wet.
    12 – 13. Cats. I’m not quite a 101 uses for a dead cat guy, just indifferent. I wander if cats have corresponding “101 uses for a dead human” feelings? Too much wasted energy for that?
    14. slobs.
    15 – 16. Jeez…. More cats.
    17. flood tree. I know where there go. But, I am sworn to secrecy.
    18 – 19 more deep dark creek. Heavenly except for “skeeters”
    20. I have a “peasant hunting area” near me. It on lower wacker drive. These peasants shoot back. Kind of a greg Larson world.
    21 – 22. Fucking cats. C’mon man.
    23 – 24. Death March. Truly. Finish it. Then if it finishes you or me, it can be epitaph. Fishes revenge. (grammer note: how does one write the possessive of fishes? I abhor the cavalier use of apostrophes.)
    You’ll be missed by those who knows good writin’ when they reads it. The rest don’t count.

    1. Ken G

      8 Jul 2013 Reply

      Cats calm me in the same way running water over rock does Bob. I spend an inordinate amount of time out in the yard with momma cat. I guess I could spend that time writing something down, but petting a cat is much more soothing.

      I know there’s a reason for laying back and cutting back on all kinds of things. Just don’t know what it is yet. I’ll find us another death march to do together, we’ll talk about it.

      Robin the Zen Master will put up a photo now and then, a half dozen words. I like how he does that on his blog. Sometimes paragraphs are unnecessary.

      Momma cat is expecting to drop another load of kittens in about a month. You’ll just have to get used to cat pictures.

  2. Howard Levett

    7 Jul 2013 Reply

    Please Babe, don’t say it’s so. Ken I enjoy a lot of the same things you do. (minus the cats!) You tell a pretty compelling story just as well with a few timely pictures as you with words. I look forward to anything you post.

    1. Ken G

      8 Jul 2013 Reply

      Over the winter I tried doing something every day like you do Howard. Was a nice exercise and was enjoying it, but time is a luxury at the moment. I’ll just do what I can when I feel like it, which might be rare.

  3. Nature in the Burbs

    7 Jul 2013 Reply

    Not too many words, true, but you have a photo for all types, even (surprise, surprise) kitten photos! Glad to see you posting again.

    1. Ken G

      8 Jul 2013 Reply

      More kittens on the way in about a month. Can’t have too many kitten pictures I think.

  4. Mari Baskin

    8 Jul 2013 Reply

    You’re missed, read and viewed whether comments fly or not.

    1. Ken G

      8 Jul 2013 Reply

      Thanks Mari. I’m inside the house during the colder months. Maybe things will change then.

  5. Jim McClellan

    8 Jul 2013 Reply

    Welcome back! Great pictures as always. Glad to see I’m not the only person playing unwitting host to feral cats.

    1. Ken G

      8 Jul 2013 Reply

      We’re catching hell for our cats Jim. The cats like us, that’s all that matters.

  6. walt

    8 Jul 2013 Reply

    Good to hear and see from you again. Been wondering. Thanks for taking in those cats. Three ferals, long domesticated in this home, have almost done me in.

  7. Ken G

    8 Jul 2013 Reply

    My lack of words has spilled over to the blogs I read. Been dining and dashing on yours, Jim’s and many others. I should at least leave a calling card to let you know I’ve been reading.

    1. Jim McClellan

      9 Jul 2013 Reply

      I tell you what, Ken, I’ll just assume you’ve read my posts whether you comment or not!

      1. Ken G

        10 Jul 2013 Reply

        Correct assumption to make Jim.

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