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...
Beef Jerky

The Beef Jerky Anthology

Hello Friends, As many of you know, I'll take pen to paper when the muse strikes and write a bit of verse. I'm no Byron or Keats but I do believe my passion for smoked meats shines through in my wo...