Mountain Roads

I love to drive the byways Of the counties of my youth Where the Blue Ridge rises steeply And the hollers hold streams roiling in the spring  Where white pines blend with rhododendrons And hickories caress poplars and ginseng grows below Where stone bridges span the bottoms and high vistas wait at tops Where Forty Fords hauled moonshine and peach brandy to West Virginia miners in my youth Yes I Read more

You Know

You know your momma was deep south if You ate okra In Shrimp Gumbo or  Fried crisp or stewed and in soup Or with rice  Read more

The Band

They are a band  Of determined souls  With a common goal  To make a bird dog Truly grand Twenty odd trainer-handlers  At any time across the land  Engaged full time in the major circuit all-age game  Read more

Escape

What is a perfect escape from our worries? I know but one To hunt grouse with a son And one or two bird dogs you share You do not have to bag birds You only need to go forth together Where grouse live and enjoy the prospect Watch your dogs search ahead  Read more

My Good Luck

I look back Across decades Of a grand life With joy and gratitude And for no part more Than my bird dog field trial life Which began modest but became grand Read more