Forty

Forty

A brief history of time with Gray’s.

Gray’s Sporting Journal
November/December 2015

Bard Hunting

Bard Hunting A formative experience in original form. Gray’s Sporting Journal July 2017 It was the year of Russia’s boycott, Reagan’s reelection, and Orwell’s famous book. I was 23, working for a southern lifestyle magazine in Atlanta. My first major assignment...

Friend and Enemies

Friends and Enemies They always stop to look back. Gray’s Sporting Journal November/December 2016 Even during normal conversation he seldom blinked, looking through you in a way that could suggest either his undivided attention or the classic thousand-yard...

Trailhead

Trailhead Concerning the first few steps on a path of little return. Gray’s Sporting Journal July 2015 One night about three decades ago, I showed up unannounced at my girlfriend’s apartment, charmed my way inside, then listened silently as she explained that...

Good Medicine

Good Medicine Life at the confluence of fly fishing and family. Gray’s Sporting Journal March/April 2015 A pair of headlights rose out of the St. Mary River valley and cut across the prairie, bearing down on me at an intersection. The truck’s glaring advantage...

The Bank

The Bank A hole in the window of a hole in the wall. Gray’s Sporting Journal August 2017 There is a bullet hole in the front window of First State Bank in Enders, Nebraska. The converted one-story structure squats along Pioneer Street, wearing a spider web glass...