by Tim Thompson | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover Photo by PublicDomainImages on Pixabay] One day I got home from school and found that my little brother and dad weren’t at home. Mom said they’d gone to a dentist or doctor appointment. What I didn’t know was that afterwards, Dad took David to a...
by Tim Thompson | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo above by Brian Wegman on Unsplash] Click here to see Redbubble and to support the site. I know I’ve promised a tale or two about dirt bikes and this is one from my younger days. We had been living in or around Murphy, NC for a while and we...
by Tim Thompson | Oct 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Every state has a few parks, exhibits or attractions for which it is well known. Take for example: Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota or The Alamo in San Antonio, Tx. Then there are the hidden gems. In Kentucky, it was a small lake called Bashear hidden in...
by Tim Thompson | Oct 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
So, I’d convinced the wife to let me buy a boat. Amazing. She opened up one day and said, “I wonder how much it would cost for us to have a boat?” A few weeks later, I’m driving home with a nice Nitro fish and ski bass boat. “Yes!” I’d...
by Tim Thompson | Sep 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
So, the old saying goes, “happy wife, happy life.” We all know it’s true and a wise man will pay heed to it. Still, we forget sometimes to mind the store. So, I am trying to find ways as I get older to include my wife in my outdoor activities. I know she will...
by Tim Thompson | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover photo by permission of Turtle Survival Alliance] Why do members of the wild kingdom choose to find me? I can’t say. They’ve never hurt me or caused me trouble and I always enjoy seeing them, so I certainly won’t complain. It is true that...
by Tim Thompson | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover photo in public domain from Pixnio] I love it when someone comes into my office to tell me how big something is and they exaggerate by about 50%. In fact, when someone comes in my office with some story about a big fish, or a big owl or any such story, I...
by Tim Thompson | Sep 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Cover Photo by Victor Van Weldon on Unsplash] Click here to see my Redbubble shop and to support the site. When I was around twelve, Kevin Kimsey and I were coming back from a motorcycle ride in the woods when we saw an older man near the creek fishing. We...
by Tim Thompson | Sep 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Tom Quandt on Unsplash] When my parents first told us we were moving to Turtletown, Tennessee, my brother and I were pretty skeptical as you might imagine. “Turtletown! What is that!” was our first response. In the end, seventh grade in Turtletown was...
by Tim Thompson | Aug 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Luke Bays on Unsplash] As many of you know, I’ve been fishing my whole life. However, there was a long pause. When I went to college and then got married to a city girl, the fishing went away for quite a while. I’m not unusual in that...
