Trapper's Log

A Visit from The Old Trapper

A Visit From The Old Trapper: Part 4

A Christmas Story in Four Parts For part one, click here; for part two, click here; for part three, click here.  My heart rate grew rapid at the sight of the beef, And if it could not be mine, I mi...
A Visit from The Old Trapper

A Visit from The Old Trapper: Part 3

A Christmas Story in Four Parts For part one, click here; for part two, click here.  He was dressed all in leather, from his tips to his toes, And from them the warm scent of cedar arose; A worn le...
A Visit from The Old Trapper

A Visit From The Old Trapper: Part 2

A Christmas Story in Four Parts For part one, click here. The great bear gave a growl as The Trapper alit, Claws scraping the earth, as he snarled and spit. An ordinary man might have cowered in fr...
A Visit from The Old Trapper

A Visit From The Old Trapper: A Christmas Story in Four Parts

A Visit From The Old Trapper: Part 1 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the lodge, A hunger was stirring that I just couldn't dodge; My stash near the chimney had long been laid bar...