The Old Man’s Place Revisited

(Following is a chapter in my new book, “Fa-

thers, Sons and Old Guns”. The book, containing

50 of the columns I have written over the years is

available from Amazon.com)

I met the old fellow once way back in the woods

as he ground his pick-up to a rattling halt

and stopped to chat when he noticed me

walking along the woods road, shotgun

over my shoulder on my way home from

hunting squirrels.

He told me he lived in Texas but that he

owned a little piece of land back there in

the woods and that he had planned to dam

up the little creek on his place and build a

pond.