Great Outdoors
Here’s hoping you have a special getaway place
I don’t get the chance to go home to Riverton much anymore. The day job tends to get in the way, and the kids seem to be in every activity that’s offered. Our weekends and […]
Month: May 2019
Great Outdoors
It’s actually too wet to shoot
I never thought there was such a thing as weather too bad to go shooting. But as I get older, and now that I own some acreage of my own, it turns out there is […]
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Good luck keeping mud off the parking lot
My wife recently got an email at her office from the landlord of the building. The owner sent out a note to the employees working in the building that said they should refrain from parking […]
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The summer is already booked
How do I do this every year? Before the summer even starts, I’ve already committed myself for every minute of vacation time I have available. I guess I ought to point out that not every […]
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Happy Memorial Day. Thank a vet.
Happy Memorial Day to you. Today’s really all about remembering the people who did great things, whether it was for our country or just for the people they were closest to. It’s a day to […]
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Senate passes bipartisan TRACED Act to crack down on robocalls
Enzi/Barrasso 5-24-19 The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation with a 97-1 vote today to address the increasing number of robocall scams. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, which U.S. Senators Mike […]
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Don’t take the New Yorker’s advice on town quality
I ran across a post on Facebook last week that included a link to a story from the New Yorker that listed the worst towns to live in. One of the towns it ran down […]
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Don’t follow the advice of those travel blogs
I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like. I wish I could take the time to go fish every blue-ribbon stream in Wyoming each summer, and broaden my experiences with forays to Iceland, […]
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UW Trustees Select Theobald as Acting President
UW 5-22-19 University of Wyoming Vice President for Finance and Administration Neil Theobald has been chosen to serve as the university’s acting president. During a special teleconference meeting today (Monday), the UW Board of Trustees […]
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The weather is (sometimes) perfect for fishing
I’m ready to go fishing. And other than the occasional thunderstorm or spate of gale-force wind, the weather’s perfect for fishing. We’ve had some spectacular days the last few weeks. Unfortunately, most of them have […]