A fine beginning to spring

After an agonizing winter in Chicago and Trenton, Spring has finally caught up with me. And by Spring, I don't mean the framework written by that Propagandist, Rod Johnson!!! The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, and the bass season officially starts this week! As an expansion of the "Summer Hunter Gatherer" blog last year, I have created this blog as a continuing journal of my pursuits in hunting, gathering, agriculture, and other nature related activities. Hopefully, some trifle of knowledge and understanding can be gained this year in the pre-industrial arts practiced by so many for so long. It is a real pity that our society has become so mechanized and technological. For in these older ways of the hunter/gather and farmer, there seems to be such simplicity, yet of which much truth and goodness exists. Our modern civilization has so much in knowledge and yet a great majority of it seems false and empty. But enough of this rant, this blog is about picking berries and shooting animals, not some kind of philosophical treatise, so enjoy! And who knows? One may even need to use these skills someday if the oil prices keep going up and up.