Grandbabies are grand

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This week brought my two granddaughters to South Fork. Up until they got here, I mistakenly thought that elk hunting was hard work.

They arrived from Texas because well, where else do people come from that visit here? It was a long day for them and 14 hours in the car was about more than any sane person could handle with two small children. I guess that's why people have kids when they are young and dumb. If they were sane when they decided to have children, this world would be an empty place.

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Been to Center

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The older I get the more I learn about life and the difference between what's really important and what to just let slide.

The lists are probably endless but as most of you have come to realize, such things as fishing, hunting, ATV'ing and hiking come pretty high on the priority list while soup suppers, social events, craft fairs and watching sports just has to take a backseat.

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Faith comes by hearing

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What a wonderful gift being able to hear is to the human soul. From music to conversation to sounds of nature and the voices of children at play, all are a wonderful addition to our lives.

There is nothing that makes me smile more than a cart full of noisy kids at the local store and the look of utter frustration on a mother's face. I always tell them, “this too shall pass and you will wish them back a million times when they are grown.” Of course they think I am a crazy old man who can't recognize sheer lunacy when he sees it, too.

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A Visit to the Chop Shop

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A recent visit to the doctor set me up for some unpleasant tests and procedures that I was in no mood to go through. I don't know how doctors do it but it’s like one of those women who always discover projects urgently needed at the start of hunting or fishing season.

Perhaps it was a left-wing conspiracy to keep me from hunting or something like that.

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